Tom Rob Smith's novel is adapted fairly well.

Rating: 6/10 (3 October 2015)

For me I'm afraid it's a case of never watch a film after reading the book. There are so many gaps in the film when compared to the book. It's a very dark and intricate story. It felt like an element was missing, reading the novel you get a true idea how awful life would have been for people living under the Stalin regime, you could almost taste the fear. Had I not read the novel I would have probably scored it higher. Tom Hardy without a doubt was the best element of the film, it's no surprise he's getting the volume of work that he is. His Russian accent was good, better then most of the others, it felt like some were attempting the accent and some couldn't be bothered.