Terrorist Jaffad Ben Zayidi steals four nuclear bombs from a sunken American submarine and hides them in four major cities throughout the world. The charges can be activated by an 11-digit code. Zayidi dies and his accomplice, nicknamed "The Executioner," is about to blow up the bombs. The Executioner is chased by FSB, whose agent Marie has previously infiltrated Zayidi's team.
Practical Effects
Stunts that defy physics, insurance, and taste.
Production
Moscow playing four world cities — bold!
Director
Vadim Shmelyov
Anastasiya Zavorotnyuk
Mari
Vincent Perez
Lui
Vladimir Menshov
Kharitonov
Oskar Kuchera
Anton
Aleksey Serebryakov
Sergey
Oleg Stefan
Mayk Khatchins
Sergey Gazarov
Oligarkh
Aleksandr Tyutin
Direktor FSB
Georgy Teslya-Gerasimov
Operativnyy rabotnik situatsionnogo tsentra FSB
Anzhelika Kashirina
Aleksandr Tsurkan
Marchenko
Anatoliy Kotenyov
General
Sergei Pereboev
Operativnyy rabotnik situatsionnogo tsentra FSB
Kirill Safonov
Operativnyy rabotnik situatsionnogo tsentra FSB
Ruslan Khabibullov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Putin's second term when Russian cinema was aggressively reasserting national identity through spy fantasies.
Anastasiya Zavorotnyuk was a massive TV star; this was her failed bid for action-heroine status.
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