After reading the reviews I had high expectations of an engaging thriller that would keep me mesmerized. What I got was the opposite; boring, slow, pondering an unsuspenseful. Now, don't get me wrong: the murder of millions is horrific on a scale that is very difficult to comprehend. But I am not rating the magnitude of the horror, just the quality of the filmmaking. The acting was as good as the script allowed, which wasn't impressive. The film was shot on location, but that really didn't help at all (they might as well have shot it in a studio).
James Norton plays Gareth Jones, the reporter who travels to Ukraine and discovers the genocide by starvation of Ukrainians committed by the Russians (boy, does that sound familiar!). But as compelling as the event was the movie failed to engage me into identifying with the victims.
James Norton plays Gareth Jones, the reporter who travels to Ukraine and discovers the genocide by starvation of Ukrainians committed by the Russians (boy, does that sound familiar!). But as compelling as the event was the movie failed to engage me into identifying with the victims.