3/10
just pass the message
5 October 2016
Pavel Danilov is a college student spending the summer at an isolated polar weather station on a deserted Arctic island. Sergei Gulybin is the gruff, unfriendly, seasoned meteorologist operating the station. Pavel spends his time playing video games. The work is monotonous. While Sergei is away on a fishing trip, Pavel receives a message on the radio. Sergei's wife and son have been hospitalized from an accident. The situation unfolds where Pavel becomes more and more unwilling to relay the message to Sergei.

I just can't understand why Danilov doesn't tell Gulybin the news. As the situation spirals out of control, the less I believe in the story. It's literally a 3's Company sitcom misunderstand turning into the most dire Hitchcockian thriller. I don't understand slacker Pavel and I don't find him appealing. The movie is too long anyways.
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