Based on the best selling novel, this action thriller set in 1953 soviet russia details an exiled secret police agent tom hardy relentlessly hunting for a serial killer who targets young boys. After all, it might have negative implications for the fake paradise theyve created. Tom hardy, gary oldman, noomi rapace, paddy considine. Child 44, a secretpolice thriller in soviet russia the. He grew up with his brother and 4 sisters in a council estate in winshill, a village of burton. The child 44 book and movie transplant the case to the early postwar. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring tom hardy, gary oldman, noomi rapace, joel kinnaman, paddy considine, jason clarke, and vincent. Smiths book was the first in a series featuring leo demidov, and as.
Gary oldman, noomi rapace, paddy considine tom hardy. Sparking joy with marie kondo marie kondo is back with a whole new series and this time, shes going further and tidying up an entire town. Give credit then to child 44, the new movie made from the first of tom rob smiths trilogy of novels about sovietera detective leo davidov. Andy lea of the daily star sunday gave child 44 three stars out of five.
Tom hardy, gary oldman, noomi rapace, paddy considine, daniel espinosa. Tom hardy, gary oldman, noomi rapace, joel kinnaman, paddy considine, jason clarke, vincent cassel, daniel espinosa. His investigation reveals an unsettling coverup and conspiracy, pitting him against the ruthless. Child 44 is a 2015 mystery thriller film directed by daniel espinosa, written by richard price, and based on tom rob smiths 2008 novel of the same name. Gary oldman, paddy considine and vincent cassel measure their. Paddy patrick considine was born on september 5, 1973 in burtonontrent, staffordshire in the.
The book is the first in a trilogy, meaning the studio could easily plan adaptations of the secret speech and agent 6 as sequels if this first movie. He wrote that the film is less than a sum of its parts and is a little bogged down with subplots. Martins beloved books get a modern update in this series that follows a group of girlfriends and their homegrown babysitting business. Be grateful the film is as mild as it is, the book ensures the reader will not enjoy peace. In child 44, set in the 1950s, a soviet secretpolice agent exiled to a remote.
His late father, martin joseph considine, was irish. That is vladimir malevich paddy considine, modeled on the reallife. Child 44 by daniel espinosa daniel espinosa, tom hardy. Tom hardy, charles dance, gary oldman, joel kinnaman, noomi rapace, jason clarke, vincent cassel, dev patel, paddy considine, sam spruell, daniel espinosa. Read the book and never knew it was made into a movie until recently. Considine attended, among other schools, abbot beyne senior school and burton college. A very chilling indictment of how corrupt the postwar soviet union government now russia was, child 44 is about a serial killer of young boys that noone seems to want to catch. Considine was born in burton upon trent, staffordshire, where he still resides.
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