From NetFlix:
After a visit from a Stalinist-era bodyguard who claims to have stolen a personal notebook belonging to Joseph Stalin, radical historian Fluke Kelso digs deeper to prove its existence in this made-for-TV thriller.
Daniel Craig plays the historian Fluke Kelso (rhymes with “so-so”) in this mildly acceptable political thriller. Expect scuffles in alleys, political assassinations, cabins in the woods, and lots of shooting. There is no sex whatsoever.
If there is an underlying and often repeated theme it is this: about 30 million Russions pine for the return of such a wonderful leader as Joseph Stalin. Never mind that he murdered somewhere between 20 million and 30 million people directly or indirectly (e.g. purposeful famines). There is a discussion of just how many deaths are attributable to Stalin in the Wikipedia article. One of Stalin’s biggest fans is Putin.
You can do better than to watch this “nothing special” TV film.
From Mike Hughes:
Yeah, it was mediocre; I liked it through the middle of the last episode, until the son of Stalin became a super warrior. Then I got bored and turned it off.