# Child 44 (2015)

> An idealistic Soviet security officer risks his career and safety to expose a serial killer whose crimes the Stalinist state refuses to acknowledge.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/107360

## Facts

- Runtime: 137 min
- Genres: Crime, Thriller
- Director: Daniel Espinosa
- Cast: Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace, Fares Fares, Joel Kinnaman, Paddy Considine, Jason Clarke, Mark Lewis Jones
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1014763/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: slow
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: bleak, oppressive, paranoid, serious movie night, historical thriller night

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