Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

pinoko The most mind-blowing thing about this movie is not the story (it is lame) or the acting (it's generally good) but the special effects used in it. Veteran actor Sergey Garmash's face is digitally motion-captured on the body of a toddler, a technical process highly ambitious even for a hollywood movie let alone a russian one. As expected the result is mixed but somehow still manages to impress. Yes, the uncanny valley effect kicks in in countless scenes but frankly I wouldn't expect the execution to be signifiantly better even in a major US blockbuster with a price-tag of a 150 million dollars. And let's face it: this movie couldn't have cost that much. The only non-american movie that comes to my mind where such complex shots were used was Fan with a digitally de-aged Shah-Rukh Khan but I can't think of any other examples. In other places Andrey Nazimov is a promising new actor and Vladivostok is an excellent location. Also there are a few themes too mature for such a family friendly movie, like a scene in a streptease bar and a gun pointed at the baby.

am2268 Family values, promoting positive image of the police, mysticism, so loved in Russia these days - too much!everything else is cool. Vladivostok is portrayed well. This movie makes me want to visit it. Shows modern trend of Chinese and Korean influence there. Even the car that the protagonist drives is right-hand-drive, which is what most cars in Vladivostok are, because they are imported from Japan.