The Needle (1988)
8/10
Great movie as for the standards of Soviet movies back in the day
1 June 2019
Warning: Spoilers
As a Romanian teenager who likes this band and its songs and likes history and such (although I don't speak Russian and watched it with subtitles), this movie is great for me! The plotline is also interesting, as it reminds me of how drug addiction was some problem in the USSR back around the 80s (although from what I've heard, it wasn't that prevalent, neither a serious problem). Considering there was some business stuff in the movie, I didn't really understand what happened, but I know that Moro (Viktor Tsoi) goes to present-day Kazakhstan to extract debt from a criminal called "Spartak", then he goes to his ex-girlfriend called "Dina", whose father died, and she let him stay in her apartment. I don't really know much of the plotline, but from what I can remember, Dina was addicted to drugs and Moro had to save her from that, but goes into trouble with some local drug mafia stuff. The soundtrack is also very cool, ESPECIALLY at the end, where it plays one of Tsoi's most popular songs from the USSR! I also have liked the scenes where it took place in a sunny wasteland (I'd say). In conclusion, this movie was pretty much great to me, not my personal best, but it's a great one, even though it doesn't go up with the standards with Western movies (just like Romanian movies before the 90s to be honest). Some parts weren't boring, some parts were boring.

This is why I give this movie an 8/10. Still, a great movie in my opinion!
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