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Movie Overview
Cast
• Alexey Serebryakov
• Leonid Gromov
• Yuri Stepanov
Director
• Alexei Balabanov
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Cargo 200 (2008)

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OFCS Rating: 78% Fresh
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"Unflinching would be a gentle word to describe this portrayal of a doomed humanity, but the exact point of the film beyond its doomsday message is never really clear."  european-films.net  Boyd van Hoeij

3.5/5
"so bleak and horrifying that you might think Francis Bacon served as DP"  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

"Soviet lives are uncomfortable to watch here but as compelling as Richard Widmark's début in 'Kiss of Death' or Tarantino's more graphic one with 'Reservoir Dogs.'"  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Donald J. Levit

1/5
"A depressing Russian thriller set in 1984 that paints a very unpretty picture of society."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

4/5
"We have no choice but to call Cargo 200 a horror movie...like the best horror movies, though, it's no mere revulser but a violent political parable."  The L Magazine  Henry Stewart

3/5
"o stomahi hreiazetai na to 'heis gero kai to goysto isos kai ligo diestrammeno gia tin ektimiseis, toylahiston sto epipedo poy doyleyei i ameilikti eystohia toy petyhimenoy pantrematos toy karamayroy hioymor me tin politiki satira, tin arketa sygkratimeni"  Movies for the Masses  Joseph Proimakis

3.5/4
"Balabanov imbues his uncompromisingly matter-of-fact horror show material with a shrewd politicized consciousness."  Slant Magazine  Nick Schager

4/5
"Balabanov (Brother) writes and directs with an almost unnervingly naturalistic style, loading each scene with pitch-black humour"  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

B
"This is not a movie for those with weak stomachs, but it is haunting if you can stomach the disgusting acts of sexual abuse and murder."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten
OFCS Rating: 78% Fresh
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