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Rating: 5/10 (6 August 2015)

Child 44
The reason everyone wanted to join the army during Stalin's regime was because dying was better than living under Stalin's regime.
However, Stalin doesn't scare the civil servant questioning the State in this thriller.
As an agent of the Ministry of State Security, Leo (Tom Hardy) learns of a number of gruesome murders suggesting there could be a serial killer on the loose.
Unfortunately, General Nesterov (Gary Oldman) demises all the evidence on grounds that communism could never create such a capitalistic concept as a child killer.
For his blasphemy, Leo and his wife (Noomi Rapace) are banished. But it doesn't stop them from finding the night stalker.
While it touches on some interesting ideas, including Nazis experiments with vampirism, this tedious adaptation of the novel spreads itself thin with numerous confusing subplots and an overall dearth of suspense.
Besides, for a Commie, Stalin sure liked his Levis and Coke.
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