Look at this sweet bloke. Always time for fans. Here at the Child 44 UK premiere, April 16, 2015.
Re: the film’s reviews, there may be issues with pacing/editing/accents but most all of them say the performances are great and that Tom Hardy is excellent. I think this cerebral, adult fare would have been better served with an autumn release, however it’s here now and given the compelling actors — Hardy, Oldman, Rapace, Jason fkn Clarke — it is totally worth seeing. Ignore the critics and Go.
Having said that, I will now pay attention to the critics by quoting some of their words about Tom. :d
As for Tom Hardy, surely among the greatest British actors of his generation — and perhaps the most audacious and least conventional – his forceful, frightening performance as an involuntary Soviet Dante continues along his ironic career arc. If you haven’t seen Hardy in the films “Bronson” and “Locke,” or as Heathcliff in “Wuthering Heights” and Bill Sikes in “Oliver Twist” (both of those for the BBC), then, I’m sorry, but you have no idea. He’s the best reason to see “Child 44,” but it likely won’t make him better known on this side of the Atlantic (where he may forever be the mask-wearing, unintelligible Bane in “The Dark Knight Rises”) or help him avoid a Hollywood future playing violent lunatics and action sidekicks. They’ll be awesome, don’t get me wrong. But Hardy deserves better and so do we. // salon.com
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…Whatever cinematic challenge he takes on, from atypically brainy blockbusters like Inception and The Dark Knight Rises to taut dramas like Bronson and Locke, [Tom Hardy] always gives it his all, digging under his character’s skins with a diligence and canniness that elevates him above possibly any other actor of his generation. Along the way, he’s found particular success in embodying strong, silent types, the kinds of men who more resemble wild animals than well-mannered gentlemen. Hardy’s characters are like caged wolves – as much as you want to reach in and pet them, you might lose your hand if you do.
In Child 44, the actor is up to his usual tricks. As Leo Demidov, a dedicated security officer tasked with cracking down on traitors in Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union, Hardy plays another hardened man’s man, one ruthless enough to make his living hunting anyone and everyone who attempts to break free of their totalitarian society. Fortunately, even beneath a (surprisingly solid) Russian accent, he’s terrific. There’s no denying Hardy’s incredible talent for bringing the most unlikable of protagonists to multi-layered life…. // wegothiscovered
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