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Nov 18, 2023woggle rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I've watched this twice now & it is an incredible movie. Great acting!
May 09, 2023SF_READER rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Best to read the book
Apr 18, 2021KAREN S HARRIS rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
Confusing, hard to follow/understand & way too long. I did like the ending. Not worth the wait.
Jul 08, 2020reginator_22 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I like the cast, but I felt this movie could have been executed a bit better.
Apr 07, 2019kuhwass rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Very well done.Dark and somber. Really conveys the hopelessness paranoia and dysfunctional life brought about by the state. The ending gives a small ray of light in the gloom. The horrible nature of the crimes is at no time used for…
Apr 02, 2019richmole rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Hadn't heard of this one. Glad I found it--and then realized that the Scandinavian director (Daniel Espinoza) was director on one of the best Sci-fi movies in some years: Life. Bad news first; this movie was a box-office bomb. $50…
May 20, 2017thornhill_star rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Surprisingly underrated movie. Gripping story, realistic locations, great performance by the cast, low light screen ambiance to go with the dark plot. The 'whodunit' part seemed rather weak but there was plenty of other elements to…
Dec 06, 2016KristineKroenke rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
The problem with this movie is it is apparent it was taken from a longer complex story and edited multiple times so they could get a 2 hour movie. As a result, the movie feels disjointed. The acting, however, was good.
Nov 30, 2016amoby rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This was a thrilling movie with great sets/location shots. I don't think I would want to read this book.
Oct 21, 2016firefly5 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Very dark and violent movie. Russia in the1950's is a very sinister place. Intriguing story, but at times I lost track of who the characters were. I felt the story was a bit disjointed at times.
Oct 11, 2016QnVz rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Absolutely captivating story. Deeply gripping!
Aug 13, 2016voisjoe1_0 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Critic reviews were mixed, but I decided to watch because the film starred Tom Hardy (The Legend) and Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo Trilogy)who I believe are going to be the stars of the next 20 years or so. Surely, the film…
jonathan4300
Jun 18, 2016jonathan4300 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Recomend this, if you like a good story. Interesting for me, Russia scares me.
Jan 17, 2016rhodo86 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
No murder, only all kinds of monsters, in paradise. I found both the book and the movie enjoyable but maybe only because I read the book prior to watching the movie.
Jan 09, 2016
Outstanding book. Horrible movie.
Jan 03, 2016PearlyKayAm1 rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
If I had not read the book first, I would not have had much of an idea of what was going on. The movie lacked the tension and sense of danger that built throughout the novel. The major storyline (that changed the main villain's…
real_thing
Dec 21, 2015real_thing rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Movies aren't as good as books. Could of been shorter. Fun to watch
roddubé
Dec 16, 2015roddubé rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
In the first half we are introduced to the mystery and the impediments to solving it (official obstructions -- because there are no murders in the 'paradise' USSR, according to Stalin, how can you solve a murder that never happened). It is…
suzygill
Nov 03, 2015
Agree entirely with Temayscribe's comments
Oct 28, 2015MeReneG rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Dark, gritty, historically-based thriller set in Stalin's Russia. Very good acting, cinematography, etc. \\ Phony Russians-speaking-English accents, however, were rather annoying and, at times, made it hard to understand parts of the…
Oct 24, 2015jimg2000 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
At the center was a serial killer on the loose because Stalin decreed that there was no murder in his new paradisal Russia. Rapace finally got a good script and Hardy a serious role. Bravo to the set designers and cinematographers as well.…
Oct 20, 2015
One of the biggest book to movie disappointments I have witnessed in recent years. The suspense is aaaaallllllllll gone! The details of the murder investigation and the resulting identification and capture of the killer were very…
Green_Bird_203
Oct 10, 2015Green_Bird_203 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Hardy and Rapace are great.
kevfarley
Sep 24, 2015kevfarley rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Excellent production values and a valuable historical rendition of life in a police state,.. the effects of which becomes a major character molder and plot development determinant. This may make the 'crime thriller' more difficult for…
Sep 24, 2015JackamoJames rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Very difficult to pinpoint what genre this was made for. Quite slow to begin so be wide awake when viewing. Tom Hardy as good as ever .