Child 44

[Boom]

Child 44
Mad Max: Fury Road
Legend
The Revenant


Tom Hardy doing some work this year.

 

[tzarinna]

Just saw the trailer today in front of The Gunman, I'm into this.

 

[MrCandy]

looking on twitter, apparently preview screenings start tomorrow.

 

[MrCandy]

First review?

http://www.krank.ie/category/ent/fil/child-44-review/

 

[Britannic]

A major movie magazine in my country gave it 90% and called the biggest surprise of the Spring.

 

[Greens]

First review?

http://www.krank.ie/category/ent/fil/child-44-review/

I fully expected Oldman to have a smaller role than anticipated. It's the classic "give a veteran actor a small role so this small film gets some notoriety" thing.

 

[Britannic]

I fully expected Oldman to have a smaller role than anticipated. It's the classic "give a veteran actor a small role so this small film gets some notoriety" thing.

And it's a big shame, he is my favorite actor and the main reason I'm going to watch it.

 

[MrCandy]

I fully expected Oldman to have a smaller role than anticipated. It's the classic "give a veteran actor a small role so this small film gets some notoriety" thing.

I've read the book so I'm not surprised about that at all. His character(General Nesterov) doesn't show up until halfway through.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I've read the book so I'm not surprised about that at all. His character(General Nesterov) doesn't show up until halfway through.

I don't even remember the character in the book so he mustn't have a huge role unless I am remembering wrong, is he the guy who was Leo's mentor?

 

[Hurm...]

Crossing my fingers for this.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Child 44
Mad Max: Fury Road
Legend
The Revenant


Tom Hardy doing some work this year.

I saw that on IMDB and at first I thought it was a remake of Ridley Scott's Legend and I was like "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..."

 

[MrCandy]

I don't even remember the character in the book so he mustn't have a huge role unless I am remembering wrong, is he the guy who was Leo's mentor?

Hes the guy in charge of the town/city that Leo is exiled to and eventually admits that there is a killer on the loose and helps him.

A major movie magazine in my country gave it 90% and called the biggest surprise of the Spring.

Link if possible? :P

 

[Britannic]

Link if possible? :P

Sadly no link because they haven't updated it on their site and they'll probably not even do it this month...
But here is a quick photo I took if you don't believe it :P

 

[Schlosser85]

Any chance you could translate or at least sum it up?

 

[Britannic]

Any chance you could translate or at least sum it up?

In a nutshell the writer says it's always worrying when the UK or US makes movies about Eastern European problems but Child 44 proves to be an exciting genre film with using historical accuracy.
He even compares it to The Lives of Others in terms of describing a repressive regime where something happens at one point from where the main character is unable to keep doing things the way he did in his life in this system, but it's an even worse era, the Stalin dictature.
The film's biggest surprise is that it spends a lot of time, the first half of the movie, with building up the characters and showing the relationship between Leo and Raisa, but it's not boring at all because Daniel Espinosa and Richard Pryce created such a dense and claustrophobic, paranoid atmosphere that sucks you in more than a horror film and the characters are deep and layered enough to understand their motivations. And the writer calls it Espinosa's The Lives of Others with a serial killer story that is the biggest surprise of the Spring.

I'm not good at translating but I think I summed up the most important points that are not the plot details we already know from other articles

 

[Schlosser85]

Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, and author Tom Rob Smith will be at Child 44's London premiere in the West End on April 16.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Hes the guy in charge of the town/city that Leo is exiled to and eventually admits that there is a killer on the loose and helps him.



Link if possible? :P

Ah yes I remember now, he is in the 2nd also if I remember correctly.

 

[MrCandy]

Wtf? Unless this is a typo, looks like this is a limited release... I guess that would explain why this has the marketing/promotion levels of an indie film?

BoxOffice ‏@BoxOffice 14m14 minutes ago CHILD 44 will open in an estimated 525 theaters next week. #Child44

 

[Schlosser85]

Frustrating but not surprising. I'm pretty sure Hardy's last wide release was TDKR.

 

[gwynplaine]

It looks interesting, reminds me of Gorky Park.

 

[Schlosser85]

Only 525 theaters? Sheesh, The Drop opened in 809.

The Drop after a week or two came to my local theater, hopefully this does too.

 

[Hurm...]

Dammit, it better play at the theatre here in Toronto.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Wait, how are they hoping to turn this into a trilogy if it doesn't get a wide release?

 

[MrCandy]

Saw this on twitter, he says its from Total Film.

Edit: found full review

Spoiler

There is no murder in paradise, we’re told more than once in Child 44, a sturdy adap of British author Tom Rob Smith’s 2008 award-winning novel inspired by the case of Soviet child-killer Andrei Chikatilo. And it’s this portrait of ‘paradise’ that most fascinates. If movies about Stalin-era Russia tends to focus on revolutions or Cold War clashes, it’s refreshing to see the daily paranoia of life behind the Iron Curtain. Beginning in 1933, a brief prologue spirits us across the following 20 years by way of introduction to Leo Demidov (Tom Hardy), a war hero turned secret policeman. His days involves hunting down suspected traitors, as in an early scene when he confronts Jason Clarke’s Brodsky, but even here we see he’s a man of principle, sparing lives and punishing wrongdoers. Yet things take a turn when the child is colleague Alexei (Fares Fares) is killed. ​

At first, Leo rejects the notions this is anything but a one-off but Smith’s novel - adapted here by Clockers novelist Richard Price - is really a detective story with deeper ambitions. When Leo makes an enemy of colleague Vasili (Joel Kinnaman), Leo’s wife Raisa (Noomi Rapace), is accused of being a spy; after refusing to denounce her Leo is exiled to a grim outpost run by one General Nesterov (Gary Oldman) and the child killings mount up…​

As directed by Daniel Espinosa, who made South African-set thriller Safe House, the cast of Child 44 are exemplary. Hardy is immaculate as Leo, from accent to demeanour. Now, on his fourth film with Hardy, Oldman is a pleasure to watch, and even the smallest of roles have been carefully cast, with the likes of Vincent Cassel, Paddy Considine and Clarke all enjoying their moment. There’s artistry here, too; one edit that cuts from the squeal of a train’s brakes to the screams of children sends a shiver down the spine. But there’s also sluggish pacing that’s detrimental to an already chunky running time; the final act could’ve been tighter while the child-murder backdrop never quite satisfies, not least because the mystery behind the murderer never amounts to much. “Hero, monster - we are both killers, you and I,” the culprit tells Leo when finally confronted, Child 44 being a character study about a demons-plagued man trying to do the right thing under extreme political and social circumstances. With Espinosa’s team neatly recreating the drabness of Soviet life - all muted greys and reds - it certainly looks and feels authentic. ​

The verdict: A brave, slow-burn of a thriller, Child 44 will intrigue more than it will inspire, but Hardy fans will still get their fix before revving up for Mad Max.​

 

[MrCandy]

Welp, lots of reviews are coming in now and its clear now that this is an epic misfire. Shame.