FILM & REVIEW Not seen this is an age so thought I’d revisit it. On paper it’s got a lot of promise - 3 bodies buried in a Moscow Park with their faces sliced off, an American business man trading in sable fur, various corrupt Soviet officials, a renegade US Cop and a beautiful dissident student But it’s remarkably dull- it really plods through all the plot twists and triple crosses so after a while you just don’t care anymore . Lee is very good as the ferocious bad guy and Hurt does his usual hang dog take pity on me routine with a fine collection of British thesps but only Pecula as the girl really engages. Helsinki stands in for Moscow and the sheer dullness of Soviet life is well portrayed but the narrative never shifts out of second gear so it makes for a long 128 minutes….3/5