unbalanced and to much to tell in to little time

Rating: 3/10 (4 March 2019)

I read somewhere that the first cut was 5 hours. They should have cut it in 5 TV-episodes and it might have done the story some justice. Now it's full of storythreads that go no where. Who and why is the killer killing. Why is there anymosity between former collegues etc. Why is the General promoted to the new murder squad? All he did was get some photo's from an archive. Is there a darker conspiracy going on? Why is Tom Hardy a danger.
After an hour the russian accent start to work on you nerves, also that Tom Hardy doesn't speak full sentences.
The menace of the MGB was better portrayed in "Death of Stalin" and more irritating, annoying details.
Recut it to a TV-serie, Sovjet-Noir?, and maybe you can salvage something