Memetic Mutation: One infamous review complained that "the ending is a bit predictable". Kolchak commanding at his own shooting is one of the most known scenes of Russian history. Thus, "the ending is a bit predictable" is now a Russian equivalent of It Was His Sled.
They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: Surprise, the only scene that happens in the high seas is the opening battle. The rest is a Trauma Conga Line where Kolchak suffers everything imaginable of his time.
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