Reviews of AFI Festival Movies : SUNDAY

Following are reviews for the American Film Institute Film Festival. All screenings are at the Cineplex Odeon Century Plaza Cinemas .

‘Plumbum, or a Dangerous Game’

U.S.S.R., 1987, 97 minutes

10:15 p.m. A young lad-turned-vigilante puts the finger on Moscow’s petty criminals in this dark Soviet comedy. A modern variation of the Morozov story--a teen-age martyr who accused his father of being a class enemy in the ‘30s--which views him as misguided, not a saint. More energetic than successful, the film ultimately becomes mired in strained symbolism.