It's Okay

Rating: 5/10 (25 August 2015)

In 1953 Russia, Soviet hero General Leo Demidov (Hardy) of the MGB (precursor of the KGB) Military Police is ordered to investigate his wife Raisa (Repace) as she has been implicated in traitorous activities -actually mostly because she was friends with Brodsky (Jason Clarke) - who was a known traitor. Leo could find nothing to implicate her. Leo is also currently investigating child murders, but his superiors don't buy homicide because "there is no murder in Paradise" and label everything as accidents. Leo and Raisa are exiled to an out-of-the-way military base under General Nesterov (Oldman) who has no love for Leo.
This is kind of complicated, but if you keep in mind that Leo needs to complete the child killings, catch the serial killer and hopefully get reinstated, you'll be fine. There are a lot of sub plots to distract you. In time, he gets the help from General Nesterov when Raisa tells the General's wife that the same killings could happen to her two boys who walk to school every day through the woods.
Everyone in here has Russian accents and they are fine, and there are no sub-titles. (that's a break)
The other thing you might keep in mind is there is a love story between Leo and Raisa. Leo is fully committed, Raisa not so much. (here we go) You will enjoy the banter between them as they try to work things out. Okay as Leo tries to work things out. Some scenes are pure gold. Good chemistry between them.
The movie gets to be good when Leo and Raisa work together and this is where the movie really starts. (takes a while though)
Overall not bad, but many, too many darkened scenes, and often the actors mumble their lines or talk so low we have no idea what was said. (rewind much?)
Notable: Joel Kinnaman as Vasili a Security Officer who is jealous of Leo.
Still this is okay. Gary Oldman could have used more screen time. (5/10)
Violence: Yes, and sometimes shocking executions. Sex: Yes, one time in the beginning. Nothing is seen. Nudity: No. Language: No.