YMMV / Child 44

• Americans Hate Tingle: The movie isn't well received by Russian audiences due to its its poorly imitated Fake Russian accents, Dirty Communists depiction of the USSR, and use of Artistic License – History in moving the Chikatilo killings into the 1950s.
• Complete Monster: In the original novel by Tom Rob Smith, Vasili Ilyich Nikitin is a slimy, power-hungry operative of the MGB during the height of the Soviet Union, having taken his position for no reason other than for the opportunity to hurt others. Getting his start in the Union by getting his own brother thrown in prison for decades for insulting Stalin while drunk, Vasili actively assists the Union in locking up innocent in horrific prisons for minor offenses. Teaming up with Leo Demidov, Vasili tries to undermine the man at every turn before impulsively torturing and executing two farmers, trying to kill their children as well, for being "traitors" to the Union. Once learning that they were seemingly innocent of this perceived crime, Vasili rounds up other people and threatens them to admit to being guilty to cover his tracks. Growing to hate Leo due to his noble nature, Vasili frames the man's wife for treason, gets him demoted, ruins the lives of his parents, and ultimately subjects the man to a torturous drug, all with almost sexual glee. Threatening men's entire families to get them to assist him throughout the story, Vasili, upon learning that Leo and his wife Raisa evaded an assassination ordered by Vasili, executes one of Leo's friends before tracking the couple down, giving his men orders to head into the housing complex they are in and kill everyone in sight if they try to escape again.

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