SIBERIA

Canada/US, 2018, 104 minutes, Colour.
Keanu Reeves, Ana Ularu, Boris Gulyarin, Ashley St George, Veronica Ferres.
Directed by Matthew Ross.

This is an unenthusiastic review of Siberia. It has the potential to be an international thriller but is not very interesting – and there are so many complications that the audience may not be persuaded to unravel.

Basically, this is a thriller about diamonds. Keanu Reeves plays an international dealer, diamonds from South Africa, selling them on to other dealers, especially Russians. His partner disappears. He goes to Russia in search, the search which leads him to Siberia, to a worker in a diner with whom he sets up a partnership and a liaison, various tough men in the area as well as some international thugs.

While there are some interesting settings in St Petersburg and in Siberia, the complicated plot, despite Keanu Reeves efforts, does not demand the attention.