Reviews

The interesting part of this movie is to see how the Soviets see things as opposed to the western world (which we've seen in HBO's Chernobyl).

All government officials are amazing, helpful and only care about the well being of the country and its citizens. Seems somewhat unbelievable...

I don't even know where to start on this one.

First, although it says differently, Val Kilmer & Christopher Lambert DO NOT play in this one. I can't believe I'm saying that but both of their recent work is better than this one (And their latest movies are really rubbish).

This movie has to be a joke. Even as a B-Rated movie it's bad. The acting is horrific, the sound is terrible and the plot is just.. hmm.. silly.

The movie itself is cut into several acts, or as the director decided to call them, "tales". Only sometimes you feel like a "tale" stopped in the middle of a sentence and continued for the rest of it. Let's just say that the first 5 minutes of the movie include 3 tales (!).

What's up with the credits, by the way?! I know that huge movies, with many stand-ins and lots of effects, take about 6-7 minutes. This movie has 15 (!) minutes of credits. What?! Why?! Who wants to even be credited on such an awful movie?! The only chance you can enjoy this movie, is if you drink a lot before and act as if you're seeing a joke. Suggestion for a drinking game: Every time a really lousy special effect appear - you drink a shot. You won't survive 10 minutes..

I've seen many exploitation films, and have no problem watching hardcore porn, but this movie is simply the sickest I've ever seen.

The plot itself is kinda blurry and is not really important. If you watch this film for the plot - don't bother.

I think a line should be drawn when dealing with child pornography even explicitly, and some scenes should have been removed. (Especially the birth scene, which is the sickest scene a man can think of).

This makes me think what kind of sick individuals write this kind of thing.

I gave this movie a 3. Why not 1? Don't have an answer. Maybe because it really left me scared.

This movie simply sucks you in and doesn't let you go.

Every scene is planned to perfection by Sean Penn. Have to admit that when I first saw Eddie Vedder on the soundtrack - I didn't expect much, but old Eddie sounds like old folk artists such as Neil Young or Mark Knopfler and adds an amazing aspect to the movie.

The movie is basically a road-trip movie, only a bit more philosophical which at times can be a bit boring but when the movie ends you're speechless, you just sit on the chair and wonder.. and for me -> that's what makes it so magical.

Go and see!

Let's start from the end - it was a good movie. At some point I thought it was heading to a "requiem for a dream" ending but something went wrong. Was it the weird final scene? Was it the lack of music? Was it the unbelievable characters? I don't know, still, as a non-Christian I found this movie to be good though my girlfriend that watched the movie with me said it was one of the worst films she have seen... I asked her why but she couldn't explain, she said "too much dialog, not enough action", and when a girl is saying that - you can guess what that means... So, going back to the beginning - it was a good movie but it could be an excellent one!

Usually one can watch a mini-series once or maybe twice. I saw this one 8 times! It`s absolutely amazing, everyone can enjoy this film. I watched this mini series with my family, including my 70 year old grandma and 10 year old sister and everyone enjoyed. A must!