I call this objective because my critique is non-emotional as some seem to be. A large number of people appear to rate this movie low because they don't like Jennifer Lawrence. Yes, she was the protagonist, but this wasn't the whole story-line. That is my first remark which merely points out my perception. Pros - The story line was good and had enough twists to avoid being overly predictable Next, --- well, that is pretty much the only positive remark I can make (which gives toward the three stars)

Cons - No decent Russian Accent It does not adapt to the Russian life-style - for example, in Russia or any other former Soviet state, you would not walk right into someones apartment or house without kicking your shoes off at the door - that is just the culture. Additionally, there was a portion of a sentence in Russian - it didn't feel authentic because of this. Living in Russia has made me more nit-picky I guess - but some aspects of the Russian culture are blatantly in your face and were avoided in the movie. It dragged in a number of places where it could have been compressed to get the point across - this ultimately made it a movie that was much longer than necessary. Therefore, it also provided moments of napping.

------ For those tearing the moving apart commenting that is was filled with pornography and sexual sadism, they are exaggerating greatly. There were only two scenes of nudity; one of a man, the other of Jen Lawrence - neither of which was full and they were both only seconds of time.

If you have money to throw away or MoviePass - and the time - go see it - otherwise, check it out of RedBox when it is out on DVD or BlueRay. I have tried to provide a balanced review. I hope I have accomplished this.