Editor’s note: This review is best enjoyed while listening to “Plopii Impari,” a Romanian disco song featured in “Comrade Detective.”

While Americans may celebrate Labor Day with backyard BBQs and taking advantage of sales on American-made cars, “Comrade Detective” is here to remind you of the holiday’s more ideological roots.

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