A story, which takes place in 2013, describes the world overflowing with "dangerous" criminals due to the official termination of death penalty. The UN "blue helmets" under the directive from the central authority (i.e., One World Government) decided to conduct a social "experiment" by forcibly dumping the outlaws on the deserted island...
Acting
Lavronenko's thousand-yard stare carries entire scenes
Practical Effects
Genuine Siberian island location, no comfort in sight
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes silence and vodka-fueled monologues
Director
Aleksandr Melnik
Konstantin Lavronenko
Zhilin
Marat Basharov
Tolya - Slesar
Andrey Feskov
Sipa
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Marta
Sergey Zhigunov
Polkovnik
Sergey Koltakov
Makhov
Vladislav Abashin
Arzhanov
Pavel Sborshchikov
Obezyan
Aleksandr Samoylenko
Ali
Tommy Lister Jr.
Sewing Dude
Nikolay Stotskiy
Volynets
Igor Pismennyi
Olafson
Maksim Makarov
Shram
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Putin's third term consolidation, the film's paranoid One World Government reads as both global conspiracy theory and sly critique of Russian authoritarianism.
The island location near Vladivostok was so remote that crew had to helicopter supplies; several actors later said the isolation method-acted for them.
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