"What's going on?"
The warning signs are present in the daft pre-titles sequence and the totally overblown nonsensical Bond-style CGI title sequence, and this Russian semi-blockbuster improves as it goes along but never quite delivers fully. A cool but oddly uncharismatic maverick 'Police Major' and his underwritten by-the-rules rookie partner seek out a masked vigilante (the so-called Plague Doctor) with seemingly varying motives (cleaning up the streets, wreaking vengeance, getting justice, etc). Cultural differences aside, the film is too plodding for an action film, too unfunny to be a comedy and too lightweight to be a drama, so as a whole Major Grom fails to land an identity, although it does pull off its main plot twist effectively. A cut-down slick and breezy American take with Jason Statham in full self-parody mode could just work, but as it stands Major Grom - Plague Doctor proves rather long and drawn out to sit through, right down to the predictable sequel-baiting mid-credits and end-credits sequel-baiting sequences.
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