Reply to thread

Message

[QUOTE="storrsroars, post: 4228081, member: 2500"]
[B]Gorky Park[/B] - Went back almost 40 years for this gem. I'd thought I'd seen it before but apparently never did. Solid story, but not your typical Soviet vs US spy stuff. William Hurt is an officer in the militia (basically regional cops I think). He takes on the murder of 3 people whose identities have basically been eliminated in a grisly manner. A NYC detective shows up as he's looking for one of the murder victims. What I liked about this film vs others set in the USSR is this really gives an idea of the paranoia at the time as well as general living conditions of the middle class and the rich. We're used to stories on how the local cops get in the way of the FBI. But everyone lives in those. When it's the KGB vs the local cops, good chance you don't live. Anyway, w/o giving away the main plot point, it's not a spy vs spy thing. It's more about corruption. Good film. Mildly dated and it's weird that most of the actors adopt a British-y accent, including Hurt, but it's a solid story, easy to follow, believable and well-paced.
[/QUOTE]

Verification

First name of men's bb coach