Daniel Espinosa directs Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman and Noomi Rapace in this period thriller about child murders, jealous secret police leaders and a subversive marriage in Stalin’s Russia.

Great Lenin’s Ghost! Just stick to one plot and let it breathe. There’s at least three here fighting for oxygen, all of them stillborn by the end credits. Great cast, solid production values, hokey accents, average film.

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