A Different side of the Russians, a Precious movie

Rating: 10/10 (17 April 2015)

This is a stellar movie with a stellar cast. I've thoroughly enjoyed the movie. It's a 2 hour and 17 minutes movie but I've totally forgotten about the time, caught up in the suspense. It's not the typical historical drama. This film is really precious in my opinion. I've always had this negative impression on the Russians or the Soviet Union, formed from the Cold War period. But this film is wonderful in showing that these Russians, they're just human like us. They would love to protect their loved ones. Amid their fierce madness, there is love and kindness too. Amid this crazy times, every single person's life is in danger. Everyone is trying, in their own way, to survive. Story wise, I really love how it all flows and ties in together. No random scenes, everything has it purpose and connection. It's a really beautiful story. And honestly, I didn't know much about Tom Hardy before but boy was he awesome as the lead! I won't forget him and this film at all, it'll be in one of my best seen films list. Oh and seriously, the cast is British, Swedish, none Russian by the way, but look at how convincing and real their Russian accent is! I was throughly impressed.
In my knowledge, there are not many Hollywood films that would show the Russians in a positive manner, but this film does and I really love that fact. It changed my opinion on them. Everyone, just watch the film now and be impressed, I don't wanna give any spoilers ;)