They don't make espionage thrillers like this anymore, so I'm glad I watched it. Very much like an 80's Cold War film, set in modern day Russia. We all know Putin's Russia is pretty much Communist under a different name, which makes the cold war feel of it come through more. As youngsters grow up thinking socialism and communism is a good thing (as that's what's being shoved down their throat by schools and colleges etc) this reminds us how those people live. Obviously with a few exceptions as it's pretending not to be communist lol