Review of Dance to Death

Russia has so many fantastic writers it is all the more supprising that, for this film, they seem to have avoided all of them. The begining seems vaguely entertaining but as the plot unfolds we are confronted with too many loose ends, cul-de-sac and dopey ideas. It must be said that the décor is really good and the special effects believable. This shows that this was not intended to be a B movie and quite a lot of money and care has been spent in making this film. So we are introduced to the main caracter who deals filters that many of the adults are seen using abundantly while the kids run around unconcerned by all this. He seems to be a quite proficient and attachable actor but as the story unfolds his caracter swings from bad boy to good boy (good fighter to bad, caring to I don't seem to give a damn about anything) in a way that you end up wondering if he's not a bit schizophrenic. The second role goes to Agniya Ditkovskite who tries her best but is let down by a scenario that never gives her the opportunity to develop her caracter to it's full potential. The whole film seems to be a string of anticlimax and bad timing right up until an end where.... someone forgot to write one!

The final scene seems to have been served up as an unintelligible loop to a sequel which I pray will never ever see the day.