Child 44: heavy thriller in USSR.

Rating: 9/10 (3 May 2015)

Thrillers set in the (ex) USSR are catching (remember Gorky Park, 1983?). Investigations are tough, hampered by the lack of resources, obstructed by the bureaucratic attitude of State Organization and the hero is compelled to fight his way through insurmountable difficulties.
Setting is catching too (scenes were actually shot in Czech Republic): paleoindustrial factories, dismal gray skylines, coal's heavy smoke so much of it that you can almost breathe it from the screen.
This film is good, well acted, written, edited and directed. So I won't discuss minor inconsistencies in the storyline which do not decrease the overall quality.
Danish movies fans like myself will notice the presence of actors from that Movie world (Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Fares Fares) without this being a Scandinavian production.