In a dystopian future, where corporate brands have created a disillusioned population, one man's effort to unlock the truth behind the conspiracy leads to an epic battle with hidden forces that control the world.
Visual Effects
Bizarre floating brand monsters that look like rejected video game bosses.
Production
Moscow-shot cyberpunk aesthetic that somehow cost $20 million.
Director
Jamie Bradshaw
Ed Stoppard
Misha Galkin
Leelee Sobieski
Abby Gibbons
Max von Sydow
Marketing Guru
Jeffrey Tambor
Bob Gibbons
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Dubcek
Andrey Kaykov
Pavel
Atanas Srebrev
Jon
Ruslan Shchedrin
Stasik
Miriam Sekhon
Russian Band Singer
Viktor Verzhbitskiy
Yuriy Nikolayev
Aleksandr Dulerayn
Roman Schwartz
Oleg Akulich
Mr. Ivanov
Nina Ruslanova
Lady from the crowd
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Funded by Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, who poured $20 million into this passion project after seeing the directors' ad work. It made roughly $3.7 million worldwide.
The film's monster designs—giant floating Burger King crowns and McDonald's arches as parasitic entities—were so legally risky that international versions altered brand visibility, neutering its entire satirical point.
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