Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Good movie but grossly overrated

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

This is not your typical horror story. If you're looking for monsters, action, blood & guts, look elsewhere. This film spends the first half setting a dark, twisted, claustrophobic mood, and only toward the end does the mystery reveal itself--and even so, it's so cryptic that you may miss it entirely.Who are the demons? That is the question you should keep in mind while watching the movie. If it ends without you knowing (or saying to yourself, 'I guess they're just a bunch of shadowy monsters from Hell') then try watching it a 2nd time. Clues are dropped along the way, and it's up to you to piece it together. What I really liked was the way the director doesn't bash you over the head with a "surprise ending" but instead you just sort of figure it out at your own pace. The answer is the payoff and ultimately what makes it such a brilliantly written story.As much as I'd love to devote my entire review to that answer and all the compelling metaphorical statements it makes on a deeper level, I really can't say anything more without ruining it. Just bear in mind that things are often upside-down from what one might expect, and the identity of the demons is entirely based on perspective.I thought the setting was perfect. Aside from some marvelous shots of the Russian Capital, the entire film is shot in the narrow tunnels of the underground catacombs (which I think are in Seville, Spain). The setting never changes, and much like the great war classic "Das Boot" (set in a submarine), it gives the feeling of suffocation and despair. Just as a sidenote, the end credits pay tribute to a crew member who apparently died there during filming, so I guess it was the real deal.I don't usually watch horror flicks. I picked this because I saw Vincent Gallo was in it and also that many IMDb reviewers complained about it being "boring" (which, 9 times out of 10, just means that it's an intelligent story). I was not disappointed one bit. The cinematography & directing is captivating. What the film lacks in blood & guts is amply compensated for in mood & artistry. It reminds me of a classic ghost story you might hear around a campfire except, as I said above, it's a challenge to figure out. If you like horror films that work your brain like "Ghost Story" (1981), "The Others" (2001) and my fave "Exorcist III" (1990), give it a shot.

i never made any comment here on IMDb, but as i saw this movie, i cant be quiet. i just set up my account here only because this horrible movie. in two words, this movie is PURE CRAP. the movie has no sense at all! Nothing makes sense in this movie. Watching this movie was pain all the way. I don't understand why Val Kilmer agreed to do this movie. He plays a minor role as a gang leader, says few words, and he is there like 5 minutes total.I bought this DVD based only because of Val Kilmer name on the box and the interesting pictures on the cover.As was stated in other review, Moscow Zero stole my money and I want it back!!! The title of the movie itself brought the clue about the rating everyone should give it: ZERO

This line is a good summary of this movie. If you have read it, and watched 20 minutes of the movie, you will know exactly how the rest of the movie is going to behave. Some researcher named Surgei (pronounced SirGay) are searching for hell in the underworld of Moscow. However he seems to have disappeared, and his friend Oven follows with a team to search after him. Could they have find a more boring plot? Some bad actors looking after an old man in the underground. The acting is very bad, the romance really feels pointless and untrue, often there is no good reason for the way the characters are acting, nothing is scary and most of all: there's not happening anything interesting in the whole, entire movie. They just walk, asking some gang leaders and other guys about the way, walk some more, complain some, finds the old man, and then they run, and finally finds the way out of the underground.The only thing that provides me from giving this movie the lowest of all ratings is the atmosphere. If you just want to see a movie for that, this may be a good choice. It's dark, and it's mystical and murky. However, the rest of the movie is really dull. You just sit there all the time, waiting for the movie to begin or something to happening. It's actually happening some things, but they are not very well performed. For example, i didn't really notice when one of the characters disappeared, and I swear I wasn't sleeping or something. And I don't understand what's dangerous with these children... They just run around in the underground together, scratching it walls with sticks (I suppose it is meant to be scary in some way).Just watch this movie if you are in immediate need of some murky atmospheres.

The gate to Hell has opened up under Moscow. A priest, played by Vincent Gallo, goes to the city to find a friend who has gone missing in the tunnels under the city in an attempt to find the gateway. Wandering around underground he and his colleagues have to deal with the tunnels inhabitants both human and demonic. Good idea with a good cast of second tier actors goes nowhere much like the tunnels that are its setting. I've watched this twice now and I still have no idea why this is suppose to be scary when not a heck of a lot happens other then people talk about the evil and we see shadow forms. Nothing is clear and honestly I didn't see the point of it all other than provide a pay check for those involved (Second billed Val Kilmer is in a couple of fleeting scenes that don't amount to much other than to allow him to be billed as in the film.) The idea is really good, the performances are fine, the script goes nowhere. Take the advice of several of the characters in the film and don't cross the river to see this.