A Russian Police Major is enlisted by the LAPD to help solve a series of gruesome murders perpetrated against young women by a sadistic sociopathic killer on the mean streets of Hollywood.
Acting
Nevsky's wooden charisma versus Davi's 'I'm only here for the check' energy.
Production
Russia-meets-LA aesthetic that makes no geographic or tonal sense.
Director
Alexander Nevsky
Alexander Nevsky
Vladimir Kazatov
Kristanna Loken
Emily Smith
Adrian Paul
Matt Robinson
Robert Davi
Captain Frank Dalano
Matthias Hues
Oleg
Emmanuil Vitorgan
Colonel Gromov
Oksana Sidorenko
Sandra
Robert Madrid
Antonio Banuelos
Viktor Efremov
Det. Alekseev
Olga Rodionova
Natalya
Polina Butorina
Polina
Andrey Bazhin
Police Negotiator
Arturs Pupols-Kochanevskiy
Detective (uncredited)
Hafedh Dakhlaoui
Max
Aleksey Annenkov
Vasiliy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alexander Nevsky, a former bodybuilder, self-funded this film and several others to launch himself as Russia's answer to Schwarzenegger.
This belongs to a fascinating micro-genre of post-Soviet films where Russian heroes navigate corrupt/decadent America, reversing Cold War propaganda tropes.
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