Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Brutal
- kinetic
- witty
- stylized
- action movie night
- comic book marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film visually impressive, atmospherically effective, and well acted, while disagreeing over its political message and superhero storytelling.
What sets it apart
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The film emphasizes a stylized fictionalized version of Saint Petersburg as a major visual and atmospheric feature.
The Plague Doctor kills socially powerful people who escaped punishment through money and status, forcing the film to examine extrajudicial justice.
Igor Grom is defined as an unconventional police major with an irreconcilable attitude toward criminals and an independent investigative style.
The Plague Doctor describes Saint Petersburg as diseased by lawlessness and exploits public frustration with wealthy people avoiding punishment.
Films like Major Grom: Plague Doctor, and why
The Batman
shared comic-book action, masked vigilante conflict, urban crime, and morally contested justice
V for Vendetta
shared superhero crime investigation, stylized urban atmosphere, and conflict with a theatrical masked antagonist
Black Lightning
shared Russian superhero setting, comic-book spectacle, police-centered action, and questions about public order
Daredevil
shared vigilante thriller structure, kinetic action, and tension between institutional justice and personal punishment
Movie Details
- Director
- Oleg Trofim
- Release Date
- 2021-04-01
- Runtime
- 136 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (669)
Cast
- Tikhon Zhiznevsky
- Lyubov Aksyonova
- Aleksey Maklakov
- Aleksandr Seteykin
- Sergey Goroshko
- Dmitry Chebotarev
- Mikhail Evlanov
- Oleg Chugunov
- Anton Bogdanov
- Aleksandr Kakuev
Common questions
- What is Major Grom: Plague Doctor about?
- A headstrong Saint Petersburg police major hunts a masked avenger whose deadly war on privileged criminals threatens to engulf the city.
- What is Major Grom: Plague Doctor like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Major Grom: Plague Doctor as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Major Grom: Plague Doctor violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Major Grom: Plague Doctor as brutal.
- What did critics think of Major Grom: Plague Doctor?
- Critics broadly found the film visually impressive, atmospherically effective, and well acted, while disagreeing over its political message and superhero storytelling.
- Which films are like Major Grom: Plague Doctor?
- Films with a similar feel include The Batman, V for Vendetta, Black Lightning, and Daredevil.
- How long is Major Grom: Plague Doctor?
- Major Grom: Plague Doctor runs 136 minutes.
