I know nothing of the books, but shouldn't need to if the script was tight. It was not.
The main character's bizarre obsession with one woman and seemingly effortless adjustment to his new surreal job and surroundings had me rewinding several times, certain I'd missed something that explained what was happening.
I had not.
Also, none of the frequent Russian text displayed on the screen is translated, which is super annoying.
Don't let a few interesting visuals in the previews fool you. The rest are embarrassingly bad.
The main character's bizarre obsession with one woman and seemingly effortless adjustment to his new surreal job and surroundings had me rewinding several times, certain I'd missed something that explained what was happening.
I had not.
Also, none of the frequent Russian text displayed on the screen is translated, which is super annoying.
Don't let a few interesting visuals in the previews fool you. The rest are embarrassingly bad.