Gruz 200 (Cargo 200) (Freight 200)

Gruz 200 (Cargo 200) (Freight 200) (2007)

  • 80% of critics liked it
    (20 reviews)

  • 73% of users liked it
    (676 ratings)

Brother director Alexei Balabanov takes the helm for this over-the-top black comedy concerning the clash between a sadistic police captain and an atheist university professor. The year is 1984, and power-abusing police Captain Zhurov (Alexei Poluyan) lives in a modest Leninisk home with his… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Jun 14, 2007 Wide
On DVD
Apr 28, 2009
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Critic Reviews

  • Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

    Art house meets grind house in Cargo 200, Alexey Balabanov's morbidly compelling thriller set in the Soviet Union.

  • Vadim Rizov, Village Voice

    Regardless of intent, Cargo 200 is beautifully filmed and completely disturbing for its entire running time.

  • Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York

    Alexey Balabanov's gruesome little charmer of a black comedy -- a goth cousin to Delicatessen -- is set in the gray, decaying environs of Leninsk, essentially a more depressing version of Pittsburgh.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    A grim grindhouse black comedy thriller that is a disturbing look at Russia before Perestroika.

  • Robert Roten, Laramie Movie Scope

    This is not a movie for those with weak stomachs, but it is haunting if you can stomach the disgusting acts of sexual abuse and murder.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bannan i


    I still am uncertain what to think of this film, the previous Balabanov film was a comedic gem really taking black comedies in the direction you'd think they'd go. Known for his Tarantino-esque sense of humour and combining violence with laughs it was quite enjoyable.… More

  • Walter M


    [font=Century Gothic]"Cargo 200" starts with Artem(Leonid Gromov), a professor of scientific atheism, drinking with his brother Mikhail(Yuri Stepanov), an army colonel, on a balcony in Leningrad in 1984. Artem leaves to visit their mother in Leninsk but his car breaks down… More

  • Christopher B


    Brutal and criminally unknown film about interconnecting stories revolving around a police chief who as gone mad in 80?s Russia.  Beautifully shot and directed with great performances by the whole cast.  Downbeat, but a must see.

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