
Metro
Seen it?2013 | 130 min | Action, Thriller
Why it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a box office loss and almost no lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing and action fans.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 2 hr 10 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Terror strikes the underground train system in Moscow in the form of a flood from a collapsed tunnel. The film follows a diverse group of Moscow citizens who find themselves trapped in the city’s underground rail network, their train derailed and virtually crushed after an aging tunnel collapses. Amongst this band of survivors is softly spoken surgeon Andrey (Sergei Puskepalis), whose wife is having an affair with the conceited businessman Vlad (Anatoly Beliy). Fate brings these two men together on the same doomed train, but there is little time to resolve their differences, as the tunnel begins to quickly fill with water, forcing them to work together with the others and find a way back to the surface.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
Generally positive reviews
- AudiencesSolid
6.7 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$4 million worldwide on a $13 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 12K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Anton Megerdichev
- Sergey PuskepalisAndrey Garin
- Anatoliy BelyyVladislav Konstantinov
- Svetlana KhodchenkovaIrina Garina
- Katerina ShpitsaAlisa
- Stanislav DuzhnikovMichael
- Ivan MakarevichBob Liutin
- Aleksey BardukovDenis Istomin
- Anfisa VistingauzenKsenia Garin
- Anatoliy KotenyovMoscow Mayor
- Elena PanovaGalochka