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Gorky Park

Murder In Moscow

1983 · 2h 8m · R Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by Michael Apted , Lauri Törhönen

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Overview

Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his superiors. Working on his own, Renko seeks out more information and stumbles across a conspiracy involving the highest levels of the government.

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All reviews
78%
Tomatometer
Fresh

William Hurt is superb as a Moscow militia detective caught between his desires to be simply a good cop and the unfathomable motives of the secret Soviet government, all complicated by an unexpected love for Joanna Pacula.

Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh

By the end of Gorky Park, we realize that it's not the solution that matters, but what the case itself forced the people to discover about themselves.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh

It remains a taut, clever thriller throughout, with Mr. Apted's direction establishing its intensity immediately and sustaining it well.

Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten

Some action-movie slam-bang would have been more satisfying, if ultimately no more coherent.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh

Neither Dennis Potter's screenplay nor the heavyweight cast can raise this adaptation of Martin Cruz Smith's best-selling spy novel above the ordinary.

Time Out

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