A blind bomb expert, a Pentagon hacker, and a hot major walk into a Moscow crisis...
There will be an explosion exactly in 48 hours in Moscow. The information was provided by an agent who was killed this very second. All departments of special ops work on it, but the only hope is for recently organized independent team. They are a hacker girl who once broke thru Pentagon servers, a former special ops officer who enjoys speed and adrenalin, psychologist, a lady whose beauty outshines her intelligence and her rank of major, and a blind field engineer whose sense of smell and intuition substitute for his eye sight... And the Chief who got them all together and learned how to control them. Only this team is able to figure it out WHO, and most importantly WHERE, by knowing just WHEN...
Acting
Maksim Sukhanov's Chief somehow sells this ridiculous premise with gravitas.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI Russian action: real explosions, real cars destroyed, real commitment.
Writing
The blind guy SMELLS explosives. That's not a bug, that's the feature.
Director
Vadim Shmelyov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is peak mid-2000s Russian blockbuster ambition: aping Hollywood team dynamics with distinctly post-Soviet cynicism about state institutions.
Oksana Akinshina was already famous for 'Lilya 4-ever'; this was her chaotic pivot to mainstream action star that never quite landed.
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