Synopsis
Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his superiors. Working on his own, Renko seeks out more information and stumbles across a conspiracy involving the highest levels of the government.
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Cast
- William HurtArkady Renko
- Lee MarvinJack Osborne
- Brian DennehyWilliam Kirwill
- Ian BannenIamskoy
- Joanna PaculaIrina Asanova
- Michael ElphickPasha
- Richard GriffithsAnton
- Rikki FultonMaj. Pribluda
- Alexander KnoxGeneral
- Alexei SayleGolodkin
Recommendations
- 88
Chicago Sun-Times
The movie is directed with efficiency by Michael Apted (Coal Miner's Daughter) who knows that pacing is indispensable to a procedural. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
Uneven but sometimes fascinating murder mystery. - 75
The Associated Press
Michael Apted's direction keeps the tension high most of the time, and Dennis Potter's screenplay ably wends through the very complex plot that has but a few loose ends. [13 Dec 1983] - 70
Variety
There's enough menace and romance in Gorky Park to appeal to many, especially those helped by the memory of Martin Cruz Smith's successful novel. - 70
The New York Times
On the whole, Mr. Apted's approach to the material is archly effective, making for a crisp, intricate thriller, well able to hold an audience's interest. - 63
Miami Herald
It's not a movie for the easily distracted, but it has its rewards for those who pay attention. [19 Dec 1983, p.C6] - 50
Chicago Reader
Apted's tedious, literal-minded approach doesn't come close to solving the problems of a knotty, best-seller plot—the characters are reduced to telling each other what happened. Some action-movie slam-bang would have been more satisfying, if ultimately no more coherent. - 50
Time Out
Hurt and Dennehy are excellent, as ever, but Marvin is badly miscast as a ruthless smoothie; and the film as a whole, while never less than involving, seldom generates any real suspense as it moves towards a curiously muffled showdown.
