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Child 44 (2015)

Directed by Daniel Espinosa

War | Crime | Drama

Overview

Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders—a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.

Rated R | Length 137 minutes

Actors

Tom Hardy | Gary Oldman | Noomi Rapace | Fares Fares | Joel Kinnaman | Paddy Considine | Jason Clarke | Mark Lewis Jones | Vincent Cassel | Nikolaj Lie Kaas | Charles Dance | Xavier Atkins | Karel Dobrý | Agnieszka Grochowska | Petr Vaněk | Jana Stryková | Ursina Lardi | Michael Nardone | Finbar Lynch | Tara Fitzgerald | Josef Altin | Sam Spruell | Lorraine Ashbourne | Ned Dennehy | Jemma O'Brien | Lottie Steer | Barbora Lukesová | Zdeněk Bařinka | Petra Lustigová | Predrag Bjelac | Samuel Buttery | Ondřej Malý | Ivan G'Vera | Václav Jiráček | Anssi Lindström | Ondrej Volejník | Sonny Ashbourne Serkis | Heather Craney | Marie Jansová | Ivan Shvedoff | Romana Goscíková | Igor Farbak | Martin Hub | Kristýna Leichtová | Hana Frejková | Pavel Šimčík | Markéta Tanner

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Cast full of my faves.  Joel Kinnaman plays a villain so well.

Accents are terrible.

Heavy film.  Film critic, Peter Bradshaw, sums up the movie perfectly - “a cloudy brown soup”.

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