Escape From Taiga but... escape from the boredom, too!

Weak, extremely boring drama concerning the secret mission of an agent(Hunter) infiltrated in a Russian prison, located in Siberia, to give escape to another agent captured by the communists. Typical example of the movies that were made in the times of the Cold War. Unfortunately, this one is a complete misfire. Based on a story by the German best selling author Heinz Konsalik.

I give this a 4 (four).

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