Child 44

2015

2h 17m

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6.3/10

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Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.

Directors

Daniel Espinosa

Writers

Richard Price(screenplay by)

Tom Rob Smith(novel by)

Stars

Tom Hardy

Gary Oldman

Noomi Rapace

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Tom Hardy

Leo Demidov

Gary Oldman

General Mikhail Nesterov

Raisa Demidov

Alexei Andreyev

Vasili

Vladimir Malevich

Anatoly Brodsky

Tortoise

Major Kuzmin

Ivan Sukov

Major Grachev

Young Leo Demidov

Photographer

Nina Andreyeva

Fyodor

Mara

Zina Gubinova

Semyon Okun

Directors

Daniel Espinosa

Writers

Richard Price(screenplay by)

Tom Rob Smith(novel by)

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Despite Oldman's involvement, it lacks all the dark charm of HBO's Citizen X. There is less of a dual examination of both the system of the USSR and Chikatilo, and the film suffers from that. It's a little less compelling, the situation that unravels seems more incompetent than meddled. And the commentary that is left is more of the "this is what life was like under communism" and less of the "this is how the communist system interfered with the investigation and postponed his arrest" You can kind of taste the difference between the two, as they are both important, the cops look more incompetent with this version, and that is, I think, doing them a bit of a disservice. On the other hand, I doubt one would see either criticism if it were made today, so...take what you can get.

GenerationofSwine12 Jan, 2023