Quite decent. Watching two of my favourite actors - Paddy Considine and Radha Mitchell - together increased my level of enjoyment. There's a bit of clumsy storytelling thrown in, and the Russian accents may get a bit hard to swallow, but Paddy's performance elevates this to undes...( read more)
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After a nuclear facility technician has an accident, he travels to Moscow in search of work and finds himself involved with the city's low-level mobsters.
DVD Release Date: March 25, 2008
Stats: 132 reviews
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April 15, 2009
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December 18, 2007
Marginal. For a better movie about a nuclear reactor, I recommend Silkwood!
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April 21, 2008
To me a really good movie, maybe beacuse of the number of times I have been to Russia and seen the conditions people live in over there. Great story, feel that Russian Nuclear Submarine Sailors and Crewmen (KGB). have to live with these facts often, as I am sure the goverment swe...( read more)
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September 5, 2008
This wasn't too great at first, but once I finished the movie, I thought it was alright.
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December 21, 2009
Pu-239 a.k.a. The Half Life of Timofey Berezin is about Timofey, a worker at a Russian nuclear plant that has seen better days. He appears to be a simple man but the sporadic narration by the main character shows his true knowledge. An accident occurs at the plant and he and his ...( read more)
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October 14, 2009
Interesting story about how life may be like in Russia. Not to generalize based on one movie, but I can imagine there are parts just like it. Sad.
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June 30, 2009
Not what I thought it would be. An interesting tale of two destinies colliding over crime. Supporting storylines are strange, silly and unneeded but Considine's portrayal and fate keep you locked in.
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January 12, 2009
Not bad. The film became more and more interesting as it progressed. With nuclear power of Plutonium being stolen and sold in Moscow for the organized crime, it became better as it fetched on.
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August 24, 2008
I liked this one pretty well.. It reminded me my thoughts of the russians when i lived in KC. Don't mess with em! Cause really.... They don't care!
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May 31, 2008
This is an interestin movie. It get borin at some parts, but i kept watchin it because i wanted to know how it ended, because the subject was interestin and good. Its not a great movie, but for being a made for TV film, i think it was alright.
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