Corruption is a cancer and Russia is terminally ill.
As our hero uncovers the truth - that a 38 year old building is on the verge of collapse, meaning death to its 820 souls. He rushes to the Mayor and the public service directors to plead for an immediate government backed evacuation, before it is too late.
During his struggle with corrupt government officials, to the very end of the movie we gain a grizzly yet truthful look at Russian society from the lower class to the very top of city government; each class rotten to the core. The Only redeemable feature of this society is our hero. His struggle is one I could not look away from and kept me on the edge of my seat until the credits rolled. As it is only then that you truly know the story is over, in a plot of constant turns.
The dark atmosphere and unforgiving dialogue within the movie is (unfortunately) a staple of modern Russian cinema. No scratch that - it is Russian cinema! All too commonplace are dramatically dark movies which cast only doom upon the world. Mostly due to the writers mirroring the harsh life experiences that they deal with everyday!
I watched this movie because I used to live in the Soviet Union. Thankfully, I now live abroad. But, at certain times I get a pang of homesickness. But when I do, I watch some modern Russian movies. And each time it does wonders to cure my homesickness and make me grateful for no longer living in a state that is as corrupted and sordid as Russia. With a societal mentality that glorifies criminality and the pursuit of money in a relentless dog eat dog world.
God have mercy on the pensioner that is old mother Russia, abused and cheated out of her future by her misled children.
As our hero uncovers the truth - that a 38 year old building is on the verge of collapse, meaning death to its 820 souls. He rushes to the Mayor and the public service directors to plead for an immediate government backed evacuation, before it is too late.
During his struggle with corrupt government officials, to the very end of the movie we gain a grizzly yet truthful look at Russian society from the lower class to the very top of city government; each class rotten to the core. The Only redeemable feature of this society is our hero. His struggle is one I could not look away from and kept me on the edge of my seat until the credits rolled. As it is only then that you truly know the story is over, in a plot of constant turns.
The dark atmosphere and unforgiving dialogue within the movie is (unfortunately) a staple of modern Russian cinema. No scratch that - it is Russian cinema! All too commonplace are dramatically dark movies which cast only doom upon the world. Mostly due to the writers mirroring the harsh life experiences that they deal with everyday!
I watched this movie because I used to live in the Soviet Union. Thankfully, I now live abroad. But, at certain times I get a pang of homesickness. But when I do, I watch some modern Russian movies. And each time it does wonders to cure my homesickness and make me grateful for no longer living in a state that is as corrupted and sordid as Russia. With a societal mentality that glorifies criminality and the pursuit of money in a relentless dog eat dog world.
God have mercy on the pensioner that is old mother Russia, abused and cheated out of her future by her misled children.