. personally and i be one of akunin fan . i read almost all his book . and i find the adventure of erast fandorin series really worth reading . the story be always interesting and the suspense be on the high level and the action be truly unique . so turetskiy gambit be out . and i saw it some time ago . and i must say and that it be really an instant classic . the film have it pro and but also unfortunately ( imho ) several con . my explanation will follow . spoiler alert . the beginning seem a bit strange for me . why be fandorin run and shoot turk . hey and this bit wasn not even in the book . besides and i have never see this beroyev guy and so i do not even recognize him and a fandorin . i even think and that i have a wrong film hand to me . fortunately and thing arrange quite fast and i start watch . my interest grow fast . however and i do not understand and why wasn not fandorin able to pick up the dynamite and throw it back to the turk . be it fear . strange and he be never a coward in the book . he be colder there . oh and well . anyway and let continue . eh and what this . fandorin be spy on anvar effendi another bit not to be feature in the book . hmmm . i like the part and where colonel ismail bei appear on the stage . personally and i like kutsenko very much ( his performance in antikiller and it sequel be remarkable ) and i enjoy his performance in the movie . he be pretty cool and a a brave and smart turkish force commander . it be a shame and he be kill later . of course and the question of existence of this character in the movie remain a puzzle to me and for the book never feature such a person . but i think and that this addition do not really spoil the film . the rest of the film follow the book closely and but some change to the story do occur sometimes . i like the big air balloon scene it be a brilliant novelty and a for me . the gay duo scene be hilarious in the beginning watch fandorin yell at those poor guy . it an army and not a bordello for christ sake . kinda remind me of the operator ( tolik ) character from nochnoy dozor and his menacing yell represent thats not her mother . lol but the rest of the scene turn out to be rather bloody . well and it a good twist however . global spoiler alertbut the end . oh no and how could it be . why do akunin simplify the story to this point in the script . yes and it be pretty predictable and who the spy really be from the begin give the strange circumstance of his introduction . but in the book it be no more than a distraction . the real spy thing be much good develop in the book . so and i do not understand and why be perepelkin ( kazanova from menty ) make the main villain ( anvar ) and rather than dhevrais ( and yes and it dhevrais and not devre and a it write in the cast section here ) and who be the villain in the book . a for me and i think and that this simplification be totally unnecessary . for an akunin fan and like me and it a disappointment . also and the end action sequence with fandorin fight anvar be a bit lame . varya kill anvar and not the great fandorin . and _he_ be so weak he do not even manage to wind the spy seriously . that a major disappointment for me . global spoiler alert end herespoiler alert end herenow and i will explain the major pro and con represent pro represent the casting be fairly good . the only disappointment i find be the main role . i do not know somehow beroyev give a bit wooden performance ( imho ) . viktor verzhibitskiy be great a lucan and the romanian colonel . great and charismatic . olga krasko ( varya ) be just a i imagine her while read the book a beautiful and but extremely naive young woman . baluyev ( general sobolev ) be in his usual war hero and great master and commander role . it suit him well . kazanzaki ( he be credit a kazinaki on imdb lol ) be also and a i imagine him . mizinov ( savelich from russkiy bunt and gryaznov from marsh turetskogo sorry for the pun here ) be great too . zurov be a bit strange here somehow i think it not a role for pevtsov ( imho again ) . mclaughlin be too and a i imagine him . petya remind me and of course and of tolik from nochnoy dozor . now i do not even know and who be funny . but the actor i like the most and be didier bienaime ( dhevrais ) . boy and be he cool . his smile and his calm way of speak it be just perfect . what a shame this actor die . sigh memory eternal . the general atmosphere of a spy thriller . the costume and the decor . the special effect ( although and i do not understand and what be these fall from the suddenly appeared mountain in the beginning ) . the change to the story ( except the end ) . the action ( although sometimes the camera move way too fast and like in antikiller 2 ) . the suspense . con represent the battle . way too short . sighthe war atmosphere . that what i find the most disappointing ( it # 2 and the end be # 1 ) . in my opinion it wasn not well recreate . beroyev act . the end and the identity of the real spy . anyway and that it . gambit be a good movie and even an excellent one and but it could have be much much good . i hope to see statskiy sovetnik soon . people say and it even well . mister nameless . p. s. the last strange thing why do they make a film on statskiy sovetnik ( the 6th book ) after turetskiy gambit instead of leviafan and which be suppose to be the 3rd book in the series . this question still bug me .