A stuntman dies, a coffin full of drugs, and the producer gets whacked — action cinema eats itself alive.
At the filming movie about the crusaders, in Turkey, with one of the stunts died in accident. Death of a stuntman was rigged by criminals, who smuggled a large shipment of drugs in the coffin. Producer Anton is killed, money stolen...
Stunts
Real stunt tragedy woven into fictional plot — uncomfortable meta-horror.
Production
Chaotic Turkey-Russia co-production captures wild east 1990s desperation.
Director
Mikhail Tumanishvili
Aleksandr Inshakov
Aleksandr Konov
Olga Kabo
Olga Karavaeva
Nikolay Eryomenko
Eryoma
Vladimir Ilin
Puzyr
Valeriy Priyomykhov
Dokhlyy
Pyotr Zaychenko
Karavaev
Aleksandr Peskov
Isa
Sergei Bezrukov
Seryoga
Boris Romanov
Anastasia Voznesenskaya
Natalya Fateyeva
Tatyana Kravchenko
Arnis Līcītis
Oleg Yankovskiy
Aleksandr Abdulov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Mikhail Tumanishvili was a legendary Soviet stunt coordinator who turned to directing; this was his chaotic swan song into action cinema.
Made during Russia's 1990s 'chernukha' era — films about criminal capitalism made by people desperately participating in it. The 3.5 rating might be generous.
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