Russian machismo meets American chaos in the most unhinged buddy cop fever dream ever committed to film.
The agents of the Federal Security Service of Russia and the US Secret Service are forced to work together to prevent a full-scale international crisis.
Acting
Nevsky's charisma somehow transcends the script's crimes.
Practical Effects
Explosions that look funded by a bake sale.
Production
Shot in Moscow with genuine 'how did this happen' energy.
Director
Andrzej Bartkowiak
Alexander Nevsky
Maxim Kadurin
Mark Dacascos
Tony Lin
Liliya May
Olivia Vernon
Evgeniy Stychkin
Andrey Durov
Anna Khilkevich
Natalya
Tom Arnold
Agent Barnes
Kelly Hu
Katie Desmond
Eric Roberts
Robert Jacobs
Keith Powers
Agent Vance
Danny Trejo
Don Sanchez
Matthias Hues
Ian
William Baldwin
Mystery Man
Maksim Vitorgan
Colonel Dobrynin
Polina Butorina
Brittany Jacobs
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Bartkowiak also made 'Doom' (2005) and clearly has a type: video game adaptations and vaguely jingoistic action. This is neither, which makes it fascinating.
Alexander Nevsky is a real-deal Russian bodybuilder turned actor who genuinely believes he's the next Schwarzenegger; this film is basically his expensive self-funded audition tape for American cinema that absolutely nobody asked for.
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