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A rifle so dangerous it needs six friends to spell its name.
TMDB
77
IMDb
70

The Weapon (2012)

post-Soviet paranoiasmall-town ambitiontechno-thriller with teeth

Overview

Drama

"O. R.U.ZH.I. E "is the abbreviation of the names of friends: O - Oleg, a military pensioner, R - Roman, a scientist, an employee of a research institute, U - Ulyana, a television correspondent, Zh - Zhenya, a physicist, doctor of sciences, I - Igor, entrepreneur, former reporter, husband of Ulyana, E - Egor, laboratory assistant at the provincial research center. Oleg and Roman experience the latest weapons - a rifle with exceptional range and destructive power. The tests are successful, and Oleg is trying to interest the military with these weapons.

Flag of RURURussian
Content warning
moral cost of inventionfriendship under pressurestate vs. individual agencyprovincial dreams of glory

Standout Aspects

Direction

Rogozhkin's deadpan staging of catastrophic hubris in muddy fields.

Acting

Palamarchuk's Oleg: pride and desperation in every gesture.

Best for:Solo: Late night when you want to feel uneasy about human nature.·Rewatch: Catch how Rogozhkin frames the rifle like a second character.
Heads up:Violence: Weapon test sequences with disturbing implications, not graphic gore.
Aleksandr Rogozhkin

Director

Aleksandr Rogozhkin

ReleasedMar 2, 2012
Runtime1h 25m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelmedium
3xMedia

Top Cast

Dmitry Palamarchuk

Dmitry Palamarchuk

Ilya Noskov

Ilya Noskov

Svetlana Schedrina

Svetlana Schedrina

Anton Bagrov

Anton Bagrov

Anton Pulit

Anton Pulit

Sergey Galich

Sergey Galich

Alexey Morozov

Alexey Morozov

Eldar Lebedev

Eldar Lebedev

Artyom Alekseev

Artyom Alekseev

Inna Yarmoshuk

Inna Yarmoshuk

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Rogozhkin, famous for 'The Cuckoo,' returned to his darker early style here. The film was barely released theatrically despite festival acclaim.

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