I would usually give it a 7, but since its IMDb rating is so disproportionately low, today, I’ll give it an 8. And with less than 2 hours and 20 minutes, it’s a time well-spent. It’s superior to many Hollywood Superhero movies. Major Grom: Plague Doctor is good enough. The special effects are on point, all flawless, except the one after the credits. Petersburg.Īnyway, I really appreciated the shots of the city. We can see both sides of an apparently unequal city, and I say “apparently” because I’m talking based on the movie only, since I don’t know the actual data of St. The performances were quite consistent, so no one stood out to me positively or negatively.Įvery location is amazing, because it shows pleasingly both the simpler places as the fancier. The acting is excellent and professional. It’s nothing crazy, but it was well-implemented and never overused. However, he has an idiosyncrasy: he thinks before acting, seeing the outcome of his actions, allowing him to change his course. The Major is not exactly a superhero, so he doesn’t have any superpowers. He’s not my favorite, but I like the character and think it has the potential to be even better with the addition of the prequel. Again, I could argue that his views on criminality and justice are shallow and naïve, but not today. He’s committed to his work and making his city a better place, and that’s something we can admire. I’ll leave it for another day, when talking about some mainstream Hollywood movie.īack to Grom. I could argue against the general nature of the crime fighting in movies and its effects in real life. Besides, his stubbornness is a good thing to fight crime, as he never gives in until bringing the criminals to justice. He’s a little stereotypical like the villains, but what hero or cop -character isn’t? He’s also stubborn to a point it gets a little annoying, but this is a fundamental part of his development as a character. What they have in common is that they’re both funny characters, but each one has other traits and types of intelligence that make them unique. However, since the man insists on being a lone-wolf, they never get to be around for long. Yulia and Dima are in Grom’s orbit along the way. He’s somewhat of a father figure for Grom and served as the typical role of the mentor in the Hero’s Journey. I guess in this prequel we’ll be able to see a little more of a character I liked, Fyodor Prokopenko (played by Aleksei Maklakov). It’s called Major Grom: Special in IMDb, but I don’t know if it’s the movie’s official name or just a place-holder. Talking about a franchise, it seems there is a prequel in post-production set to be released in 2023. It might have served the purpose of opening a potential franchise, but I can’t say they were especially good. I liked most of the characters, except the villains. The movie is really fun, and it made me laugh on many occasions. The film has many moods throughout, some are more hearth-warming, others thought-provoking, but the one I liked the most are the comic moments. There are some twists and turns, nothing mind-blowing, but I have to confess I didn’t see it coming. I mean first instalment as a full-length, because there’s a short movie that precedes this one.Īnyway, the plot is decent enough, pretty consistent and enjoyable. Major Grom: Plague Doctor has a pretty standard story for the first instalment of a comic book adaptation. After these three reviews, we’ll proceed to different things. Let’s expand our range of possibilities a little.īut if you’re fatigued of superheroes, don’t worry. So, Major Grom is the one to stop him, but he’ll have to trust his new friends Yulia (played by Lyubov Aksyonova) and Dima (played by Alexander Seteykin) if he wants to have a chance.īeginning today, we’ll talk about some Superhero/ Comic book movies from outside Hollywood. Of course, eventually the Plague Doctor goes off the rails. He kills the rich guy, and the population praises him like a hero. That’s when a Vigilante appears, dressing in a Batman-like-suit and a Plague Doctor mask. One day, the courts let some playboy (played by Yuriy Nasonov) walk free after killing a little orphan girl while driving drunk.
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