Culture‘Mayday’ review: Kenneth Branagh plays ‘a good Russian’ for a change

Mayday follows a downed U.S. Navy pilot and a former KGB officer who become friends while escaping the Soviet Union in 1987. The review calls it a funny, fast-moving buddy road comedy with political charge, arguing that it reworks Hollywood’s caricatured Soviet clichés even as its portrayal remains campy and cliché-ridden. Skydance Media commissioned the film and reportedly has close ties to the Trump administration.

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MMeduza★★☆☆☆2026-09-06 23:46Original