Fans of popcorn movies immediately felt the trick.
It seems that there are special effects, and mush, and action. But the discomfort caused by the unusual pressure inside the skull did not rest. It started to move my brain!
The weakest immediately gave up to see who was stronger - sat before they began to burn in different places. Some on political grounds, some on religious grounds. From here and low marks.
That's not surprising. After all, we are used to the fact that under the sauce of all sorts of zombie apocalypses and aliens we are slipped empty, offering to relax and have fun.
And here you are! And the modern satire on politics (even with recognizable figures), and distrust of the state, and pitting people against each other, disunity instead of rallying against a single enemy, grotesquely allocated by the moon union republics surrounded by enemies and sanctions, a concrete curtain, sacrifices by their own citizens in the name of a good goal, and even an angry Russian bear, biting off the head of the security forces!
But then more!
The film makes you think about the place of man on earth. What are we capable of for ourselves? Do we have compassion for the enemy? What makes a person human?
Is that enough for you? Let's think of God! Who's a god? Is he alone? Is God a good man if he allows suffering and kills himself? Do we really want to obey God? Do we need such a god?
It doesn’t matter if the film gives you the answers. The main thing is that they appeared in my head.
Like all good works, a painting is likely to be on the same shelf as the Matrix in the question of who are we?
I’m glad that I lived to the moment when Russia started making strong movies again.