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7/10
not bad
sem-212 May 2013
From the cinematic point of view, this is a pretty good movie, and it shows excellent craftsmanship and directing skills. This is a showcase of capabilities of Russian filmmakers and production facilities that won't get unnoticed by international distribution and producing circles.

There are, however, numerous inconsistencies and illogical situations in the script that require a HUGE suspension of disbelief for people who are familiar with how the subway system functions.

Other than that, there are normal for this genre stereotyped characters, a love triangle, and, of course, a catastrophe itself that changes everything...
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7/10
MY REVIEW: A Nice Ride!!
saytosandeep18 May 2014
Metro. It's a Russian disaster movie based on the simple plot of how one day a metro train gets hit by the unexpected flood in a tunnel and how few key characters make themselves to see the sun light again despite all odds against them. What drives this metro are two key factors; technical finesse in showing the flood hitting the metro and few characters worth rooting for. The scene where water strikes the passengers in the compartments is a technical marvel. A small fresh love story, a broken marriage and a love triangle, all key connections and conflicts between the key characters are done nicely. Camera work and art direction in showing the haunting images of the disaster is astounding. However, acting wise there was ample possibility of improvement. I am going with good 7 out of 10 for Metro. It never reaches to the height of perfection but by doing few things up right, it makes you feel the experience of a disaster.
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6/10
Good 6.5p movie
cagatayvural4 November 2018
Good russian movie. worth of time. you should see. Not too much over exaggerated scene. well done
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Stunning visuals - awful screenplay
sjd91210 January 2014
It's like the Russian version of a typical Hollywood disaster movie. ("Daylight" is very similar to this one.) So the characters are clichéd, the escape at the end is quite unrealistic, there are no conflict between the characters, everybody just wants to survive. The acting is almost amateur.

On the contrary, the directing, the cinematography and the visual effects are amazing, they're even better than in many Hollywood movies. The main catastrophe and the immediate consequences are shown in a quite impressive way, almost better than in any other disaster movie before.

Because of this, I can recommend this one for watching, but don't expect anything better than a clichéd story.
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7/10
Surprisingly entertaining drama movie made in Russia
Luigi Di Pilla8 November 2015
I discovered this Russian subway drama thriller in a shopping site. I thought to give it a chance and I don't regret.

What I saw exceeded by far my expectations. There is a good balance between real action scenes and funny dialogs. Then the director mixed the dramatic countdown very well with the other mentioned ingredients. The result is an entertaining and solid drama thriller that can be set no doubt in line with many other Hollywood films of this genre. It was never boring and the pace just right,

Even my wife enjoyed it and thumbs up for all the actors who delivered a respectable performance,

If you like subway movies check out Unstoppable with Denzel Washington.

For all these reasons it merits a solid 7/10.
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6/10
Hmm .. ... .
jack_o_hasanov_imdb4 August 2021
When I watched this movie, I was going to university by subway.

The subway trains in Baku were also like the movie, now there are new and modern ones. At that time, the movie was exciting for me.
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7/10
Surprising
lechatdu31 July 2021
I found this movie while browsing Prime Video late at night. I really didn't expected to enjoy it!

It's a simple story movie with some breathtaking screenplay, well done! Kinda sad for the editing and cuts going so fast sometimes.

Anyway, a nice disaster movie to watch when don't want to think too much and enjoy your evening!
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8/10
Very nice Russian disaster movie
siderite24 March 2014
In Metro, a breach in the old subway system of Moscow lets water pour in, trapping an entire rush hour subway train underground. The crash scenes are spectacular and the rest of the film follows a small group of survivors trying to get to the surface.

This is what Stallone's Daylight should have been. There is no heroic saviour that solves everyone's problems, but everybody for themselves. The tension, the interaction between the characters, the very beautiful Svetlana Khodchenkova and Katerina Shpitsa and a kind of over the top coincidence involving a love triangle, they all bring quality to the film.

At more than two hours long, I can say that I did not feel the desire to fast forward even once, which is very rare. The Russian references have that sad/funny feel about them. You could laugh at them if you didn't have to go through them yourself, and then it's kind of sad, but you appreciate the recognition.

Bottom line: get yourself a decent translation (unfortunately I did not have one) and watch Metro. Its flaws are minimal, mainly related to acting, and you can easily enjoy the film from start to end.
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6/10
Catastrophy underground
denis-237918 March 2021
Chilling images of flooded metro tunnels and dead bodies lying and floating around after the incident. In the midst of it, a rather mediocre relationship triangle between father, daughter and mother's lover, and a little love story between a young couple on the side. Convincing acting, but no more than that.
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5/10
The final stop
mishaa727 March 2013
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Strangely enough, but this new domestic film has neither intrusive nor «productplacement' well, no mugger or special guest stars from the west (Delon, Trejo), who do not read the script, and look only at the amount of the fee. And even Russian critics, surveying the film gave him good reviews (17 positive reviews to 3 negative) In the three-dimensionality of negative criticism of the characters and as it turned out they did not exaggerate.

The main characters of the film. Garin (Sergei Puskepalis). Daughter father, a surgeon, a dedicated doctor, day and night is very busy in order to provide his family a decent living. Here we see how he saves the boy as he deals with his daughter, he is faithful to his family and to his wife even though her infidelity, it knows about (described below in more detail). Writers movie direct text called it "chode." Seriously. He comes into the car of the train, standing in front of the window and reads on the glass either scratched, or painted finger on the cold glass the word "nerd." To which our hero smirks looking down, as if resigned to the fact that it is about him, thinking, "Yes, yes, I am"

Irina. Garin's wife (Svetlana Khodchenkova). From the very beginning of the film we are shown her in bed with her lover. She has an orgasm and suddenly remembers that she has a daughter and a husband who loved her and wrong what she was doing. After that, she's forgotten all about it and lust takes its toll. In general this is all that can be said about the character Khodchenkova. Of course, in addition to that, she goes to work, too, brings money to the family, where she has a true "friend" (that's in quotes) which shares with her scrubs and face creams for the skin, and her friend informed her cheating husband, and details of its private life tells her directly what she flirt, a bad mother, and that word with the letter "N" on the heroine Khodchenkova offended, go away, but the cream and facial scrub takes in his arms.

Wife's lover Garin. Konstantinov (Anatoly Bely) just a wealthy young man with an uncertain activity with the expensive car, foreign car, wants her to be with him.

The most disgusting, that's all that can be said about the three main characters of the film "Underground", and further, these characters can not be explaining themselves. Other faces of the film they are either the same one-dimensional (a thief in the subway, a smiling policeman grim policeman, rescue officers, a drunkard and a subway worker two in one "Sergeeich") or just the extras half of which will be lost under the yelling and touching music.

As a result, disaster film frustrating not bad shots or unreality, a character who does not want to sympathize, because they no. There is truth young couple Dennis and Alice who ironically want to empathize, why they let the story line and not take up more screen time period pretty interesting.
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8/10
Very good job
mohsennouroozi20 September 2018
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I congradulate russian people for this movie, before I watch this it I had doubt whether it worth to spend my time but as it started I felt it is different.its story is very nice and attractive, the actress was very cute.at the end of the movie I cried much because of similarity of the story to mine. It showed russian society very well.and its government role and poletical's obligations to their people which still can be find traces of dictatorships , it can be understand from neglecting people by the government, regarding to not having good and standard services and value of their life, But at the end I appreciate again the direction and action of actors,visual effects and triangular love,dramatic,emtional story. Thanks
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7/10
A decent movie
okpilak27 February 2024
Other then the flooding of the tunnel, few will forget the scenes of gridlock traffic. And some fairly amusing scenes when the authorities tried to cut off film coverage. But overall a rewarding movie to watch. The special effects were good, although I thought the slo-mo scenes inside the crash were perhaps a bit too long, but certainly showed how people can get thrown around in a crash. In some ways a nod to Hollywood, with a love interest, a budding attraction with two of the characters who had not met until the subway, the husband and the man who bedded his wife, the daughter and even throwing in a cute dog. And they built up the tension at just the right points. It was dubbed, but perhaps not the best choices for the vocals. In it nice once in a while to get a disaster movie from a different perspective, and Russian movies can certainly do that if they have a decent budget. It is not a documentary on how a subway works, and one has to suspend belief that the control room was real for a massive system.
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5/10
It was average!
TheNonSmoker26 December 2022
The plot is about a metro rail passing under a river tunnel where, due to negligence in maintenance, the river water floods into the tunnel.

The plot is about ok, but it could've been a little improved, the metro driver where he tried to stop the metro seeing the river water breaking into the tunnel, it was so ridiculing seeing the chaotic derailing of the metro.

The overused story idea was not that entertaining, specially if you are into movies and consume movies often.

Overall, this movie is available for free with advertisements on YouTube and other OTT platforms, so not that big of a deal, watch it if you are having the time.
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6/10
When disaster film and soap opera fuse.
paulclaassen12 September 2023
One night Sergeich notices water in the underground train tunnel, and informs the necessary personnel, but they assure him everything is in order and that they are aware of the water.

The film then cuts to the beautiful Irina (Svetlana Khodchenkova) in a sensual moment with a handsome man, Vlad Konstantinov (Anatoliy Belyy). It is then revealed she is actually a married woman, and having an affair with Vlad. Vlad is a wealthy businessman with an attitude, and is putting pressure on Irina to leave her husband.

Her husband is surgeon Andrei Garin (Sergey Puskepalis), and they have a young daughter, Ksenya (Anfisa Wistinghausen). Andrei suspects his wife is having an affair, hides it from Ksenya. Due to unforeseen events, Andrei and Ksenya take the Metro to her school. When Vlad finds himself in a traffic jam, he decides to park his car and also take the Metro instead.

The water in the tunnel rises quickly and when the train driver notices this, he slams the breaks, causing the train to derail and crash into the water. This crash scene was very well done. From here it becomes a survival movie. This was almost like The Poseidon Adventure on a train.

As a disaster movie, there's much to love about the film. It is your typical survival story where survivors of a disaster must overcome obstacles in order to survive. There's also well crafted suspense. Unfortunately, at times, the conflict between Andrei and Vlad overshadow the disaster element and the fight for survival.

The film also dishes up plenty of melodrama similar to a soap opera, but it was nevertheless entertaining. My main criticism is their attempts at clichéd Hollywood-style humour, which simply did not belong in this movie. This humour ruined much of the suspense. I also didn't like the way they made Vlad into a bit of an ass during the final act. Yes, the man is screwing another man's wife, but he became a hero on the train to some extent, only to act like a complete idiot during the final act. This was uncalled for, and I suppose the only reason they did this, was for the viewer not to root for him. I nevertheless still rooted for him, and he actually provided valid reasoning for Irina's adultery.

The film runs 135 minutes long, and I feel it could have been shorter had they decided to cut much of the conflict between the two men. This is a survival story, after all. Regardless, 'Metro' was still a pleasant watch which didn't have the predictable ending most Hollywood movies do.
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6/10
Decent Russian disaster movie.
HorrorDisasterGuy-9061719 September 2023
I found this to be a decent disaster movie. The story is interesting with a subway cart gets crashes and the tunnels began to flooded. It becomes suspenseful with the characters trying to survive in the environment and the flooding. The movie does have some illogical situations and moments in it. But it is pretty entertaining to see them trying to survive in this situations. There's a couple of plotlines that are rather generic and predictable that isn't interesting at all. A couple of characters are rather generic in this type of movie, but some of them are likable like the two young couples. Also, the dubbing is pretty bad in current areas of the movie.
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5/10
Passable Russian movie
rui-ribeiro-327-31988420 February 2022
Entertaining movie, dull actors, predictable story.

Seems a depiction of real life story, good enough to entertain a couple of hours. Maybe a bit tad too long. Nonetheless, worth seeing.
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9/10
"Safety first" (c)
SilverOrlov19 March 2021
Accustomed to the fact that in modern Russian cinematograph there are very, very few good films, I did not expect much from this either. The 6.5 rating only reinforced this concern. As a result, I was very surprised that I was very wrong. This is a very good movie. Not without it's small roughness and a few clichés, but definitely deserves rating above average. Generally maybe 8. But for me, as I was pleased that I caught a good Russian film - totally 9. P.S.: Never ignore dangerous signs.
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10/10
Russian masterpiece
kukutisq326 June 2013
Russians just proved that if they want a job done - they will do it at highest possible levels and beyond. I'm lucky - I know Russian language since I was a kid and I really enjoyed watching this movie on native language. Everything in this movie is interesting and sometimes very shocking, you will find yourself in doubt "how they managed to build a such amazing camera works or spec effects?". Trust me, there are plenty of them and some I have never seen before, not even in Hollywood movies. You can't spoil anything in this movie as the name of the movie says everything about it. It is movie about disaster, pain and a lot of fear and this is recorded at highest levels. Find a time and watch this masterpiece - you won't regret.
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10/10
METRO
cbrakebush9616 November 2020
Great and well-done Russian thriller film! Great story and great character build-up!! I give "Metro" 5/5 stars and 2 thumbs straight up! I highly recommend watching this film if your up for a great disaster movie that is a good build-up all the way through!
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9/10
Even without a metro drama - still a decent drama.
topblock26 March 2015
A touching story all over the two hours, not just in the end. Intrigues - all over the movie, not just in the start. The end of the story - it may end at any moment, and it would still be great. No particular connection to Moscow, Russia, subterranean train - it can be anywhere, any time. People meet each other, struggle, about to die, struggle, survive, get to know each other on a new perspective.

It's a "must pause" every time you go to the bathroom. 'Cause even without the "subway drama", it's still a deepest drama, and it would rise your sentiments to a whole new level. 9 out of 10, but it starts from 9.
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8/10
I won't forget this movie soon
a-lyskawa29 December 2013
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The movie has its mood. Great effects, simple, but nice story, some tension equally distributed between private and main disaster. I was engaged in watching, in the story. Also - great camera work, great pictures.

What I didn't like is the part where some passengers were electrocuted, well, I'm an electrician and I don't understand why did it happen WHEN it happened. The lights in cars were lit - so why nobody got electrocuted as soon as they started to get out and there was water all over? Then - the control crew tried to TURN OFF the power from the tracks, and it looked like they turned it on instead. It makes no sense, I haven't understood this part. I know, it probably was like they failed to turn off the power (due to some technical malfunction), but still it doesn't add up.

Last but not least - I didn't like the acting of the actress playing Irina. She wasn't very convincing, especially running like hell with her stilettos. Is it even possible? If it is, she is a good runner ;) Andrey and Garin characters were very convincing. They did a great job. In my opinion their part was the main part. Though their story may look trivial, it's leaves some thoughts.

Not outstanding, but a very good movie worth watching.
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8/10
Some glaring pace issues. But other than that.
furnacefuneral31 May 2021
What a beast of a movie. Only weak part of the movie was the periodic nonsensical stopping an escape for your life to chit chat, allowing things, bad things to catch up with you. I know it's just a movie though. However the stopping and going was maddening. Like you KNOW things are going to get worse before they get better. Put on your big boy pants and run like hell. Dont trudge. Aside from this, it was an awesome movie. The disaster scene was a human cacophony of chaos I haven't seen filmed like that since the matrix 20 years ago.
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8/10
New kind of disaster
steeleronaldr5 May 2021
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I do say that I've owned this movie for a few weeks but held off watching it due to the heavy Russian accent. Wish the english was a bit better but the action sequences, the disaster itself, the effects, the oh everything else made up for it. It has that "Daylight" feel but as someone posted that it's not one man trying to save a group but everyone doing their part.

We get a few survivors trying to get out of a crippled flood subway tunnel and everything they try or any place they go seems to push them back. A doctor with his daughter along with a guy the doctor's wife is having an affair with (love triangle story) two teens and a pickpocket thief are the mixed characters. The suspense is amazing. At just over two hours this movie holds your attention right to the end. Actually what also amazes me is there are really no wasted characters.

The main story basically stays in the tunnel where the story takes place, a few scenes on land such as the rescue attempts, a worried mother and authorities trying to assure that there are no other survivors trapped.

The only thing I have against this movie is it starts to drag on. After an hour and 45 minutes it seems they start adding things to prolong what should have ended. Other than that this movie is great.
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10/10
Favorite!
ilyushkinaa19 January 2022
As is typical of all Russian films, the focus here is on interpersonal relationships. In particular, it focuses on the drama of one family. Its denouement is, of course, predictable, but I'm very glad that it turned out that way. It just couldn't have turned out any other way!

The main idea, in my opinion, is that you need to love and appreciate your family, because that's the most precious thing a person has. Sometimes happiness on the side looks more tempting and colorful, not so commonplace. But will it really be so, to sacrifice your existing family for him! I'm glad that the main character in the film was able to make the right choice.

I don't want to say anything about the acting, everything looked convincing. Though I don't really like Svetlana Khodchenkova, but she fit the role and played it perfectly.

In conclusion, I'd like to say that I had a great time, finding the film interesting by plot and performance. Therefore, I will evaluate it accordingly. With pleasure, I will revisit it in some time, when I've forgotten the details.
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10/10
Russian drama
merzlikina_d19 January 2022
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I discovered this Russian subway drama thriller in a shopping site. I thought to give it a chance and I don't regret.

What I saw exceeded by far my expectations. There is a good balance between real action scenes and funny dialogs. Then the director mixed the dramatic countdown very well with the other mentioned ingredients. The result is an entertaining and solid drama thriller that can be set no doubt in line with many other Hollywood films of this genre. It was never boring and the pace just right,
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