Summary
Moscow police detective Andrei Somov resigns and immigrates to the US, but has to accept a menial job in a restaurant while his adolescent son and pregnant daughter-in-law are denied exit visas.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 38GoodWatch 36
Audience score43%
IMDb3.2
Running time
1 h 26 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 action movies, −22 min on the typical 108
typical 10886Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 54 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
+44Released
2004
January 6, 2004
22 years ago
Genres
ActionThrillerLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
Directing · 1
- Rodion Nahapetov Director, Writer
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