‘Unknown Origins’: Cool Concept, Poor Execution
Unknown Origins promises a cool spin on superheroes and serial killers, but ultimately delivers cheap comedy.

Boris Zhitkov intends to fulfill his dream and get a job at a shipyard where a vacancy has opened up for a process engineer. At the same time, he writes stories about sea stories, where, according to him, there is not even a fraction of fiction. But before he can fulfill his cherished dream, Boris has to fulfill an errand - to deliver two telegrams.
Unknown Origins promises a cool spin on superheroes and serial killers, but ultimately delivers cheap comedy.
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A film loosely based on the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel, with major twists to the original story.
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