excruciating carnage, which he brandishes mercilessly" and that the film was "a stifling descent into grim shock and disturbing awe." Awards and nominations Eastern Promises won the Audience Prize for best film on September 15, 2007 at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. The film received three Golden Globe nominations for the 65th Golden Globe Awards, being nominated for Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Original Score and a Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama nomination for Mortensen, but the film failed to win any. The film was nominated in five different categories in the British Independent Film Awards for 2007, and won in one category: Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film (for Mortensen). Mortensen was also nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor at the 80th Academy Awards, but told the Associated Press: "If there's a strike I will not go." — a reference to the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike. On February 12, 2008, the strike ended, and he attended the ceremony, although he lost the award to Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood. Eastern Promises received twelve nominations at the 28th Genie Awards, tying with the film Shake Hands with the Devil for most nominations, and won seven, Best Supporting Actor (Mueller-Stahl), Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Musical Score, Overall Sound, Sound Editing. Top ten lists The film appeared on many critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2007. 1st — Marc Doyle, Metacritic.com 2nd — J. Hoberman, The Village Voice 4th — Manohla Dargis, The New York Times (tied with Colossal Youth) 4th — Peter Travers, Rolling Stone 4th — Steven Rea, The Philadelphia Inquirer 5th — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter 7th — Liam Lacey & Rick Groen, The Globe and Mail 7th — Scott Foundas, LA Weekly (tied with Before the Devil Knows You're Dead) 8th — Desson Thomson, The Washington Post 9th — Nathan Lee, The Village Voice 9th — Shawn Levy, The Oregonian 10th — Jack Mathews, New York Daily News 10th — Marjorie Baumgarten, The Austin Chronicle Cancelled sequel Speaking in August 2010, Cassel said that a sequel was discussed with Cronenberg whilst they were filming A Dangerous Method. Cassel suggested that the sequel will be filmed in Russia with Cassel and Mortensen reprising their roles. In April 2012, producer Paul Webster told Screen International that a sequel was in the works, which would reunite