There is so much wrong with this movie, and none of what's wrong is a mistake. These are all bad choices made by the writers and director.
Firstly, why are our 2 main characters so unlikable? Why give them both a terrible personality, that makes them impossible to root for?? Why have vague and unexplained references to some kind of crime syndicate?
The writing and the dialogue was offensively bad. Here is just one of one thousand examples of stupid, terrible and useless interactions: woman says to man "Are you going to tell me what's going on in this place?" Man replies "sure, you're going to find out sooner or later." Woman angrily replies "what the hell is that supposed to mean?" Man says "Ok, well here are some papers for you to sign." That's it. Absolutely no mention of the previous exchange, or any explanation of what's going on. Everything was like that. Just stupid sentences, one after the other, with no connection to moving a story forward, just falsely creating fake tension. Insulting.
The ending is so profoundly stupid, it made me want to throw a brick at my screen... The forced tenderness of the line "Babushka" was incredibly disingenuous. This is a woman this character has never met or interacted with. Her whole life was with this 'other' grandma (the maid.) Why is she so loyal and intent on avenging a woman she has never laid eyes on or interacted with? And then, why go down to the car with your luggage, only to stay on the street and then go back in the house. Also, what kind of visa does this stupid American have? She's just going to live in Kiev now? What the hell?
Everything was stupid. Definitely don't waste your time or your money.
Firstly, why are our 2 main characters so unlikable? Why give them both a terrible personality, that makes them impossible to root for?? Why have vague and unexplained references to some kind of crime syndicate?
The writing and the dialogue was offensively bad. Here is just one of one thousand examples of stupid, terrible and useless interactions: woman says to man "Are you going to tell me what's going on in this place?" Man replies "sure, you're going to find out sooner or later." Woman angrily replies "what the hell is that supposed to mean?" Man says "Ok, well here are some papers for you to sign." That's it. Absolutely no mention of the previous exchange, or any explanation of what's going on. Everything was like that. Just stupid sentences, one after the other, with no connection to moving a story forward, just falsely creating fake tension. Insulting.
The ending is so profoundly stupid, it made me want to throw a brick at my screen... The forced tenderness of the line "Babushka" was incredibly disingenuous. This is a woman this character has never met or interacted with. Her whole life was with this 'other' grandma (the maid.) Why is she so loyal and intent on avenging a woman she has never laid eyes on or interacted with? And then, why go down to the car with your luggage, only to stay on the street and then go back in the house. Also, what kind of visa does this stupid American have? She's just going to live in Kiev now? What the hell?
Everything was stupid. Definitely don't waste your time or your money.