Director:
Daniel Espinosa
Year: 2015
Rating: 5.0
This is a rough film to get through. Almost like being mugged in an alleyway
for 2 hours plus. Brutal, grim, grimy, dark and oppressively downbeat. It
is based on the first novel of a trilogy from Tom Rob Smith that I have not
read, but for much of the film you sit there wondering how is there going
to be a second novel - but it all wraps up at the last minute like a bequest
in the will of your Great Aunt who you didn't even know existed. It takes
place in the real Heart of Darkness - the 1950's Soviet Union with Stalin
initiating another purge all through the country where the smallest criticism
to the wrong person will get you sent to Siberia if you are lucky and every
one is forced to be an informer. Terrifying times.