Content warning: executions (gun), discussion of rapeJosef Stalin (Adrian McLoughlin) rules the Soviet Union with an iron fist. But when he dies, his Cabinet ministers scramble to consolidate their personal power. Nikita Khruschev (Steve Buscemi), a reformer, tries to gain support against Lavrenti Beria (Simon Russell Beale), Stalin's spymaster and head of the NKVD Security Forces.
Some of the dialogue is funny but a lot of it is just rape jokes which is super gross. The cast list is incredible and includes top-tier British talent, along with Buscemi and Jeffrey Tambor. Don't get hung up on the accents.
If you're a fan of In the Loop or The Thick of It, you'll probably like this. It's by the same writer and director, Armando Iannucci. It's not my brand of humor but a lot of people seem to really like it.
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