Themes: Innocence Lost, One Against the Mob, Fish Out of Water
Main Cast: Sergei Bodrov Jr., Viktor Sukhorukov, Svetlana Pismichenko, Maria Zhukova, Yuri Kuznetsov
Release Year: 1997
Country: RU
Run Time: 99 minutes
MPAA Rating: NR
Plot
Young Russian Danila returns home after serving a two-year military stint and discovers that his big brother has become a hit man for mobsters in St. Petersburg and is deeply involved in a Mafia war. Wanting to help, Danila joins the mobsters to become his brother Viktor's assistant. Aimed a younger audiences, this ironic thriller follows Danila's adventures after he successfully completes his first assignment, the murder of The Chechen, a prominent crimelord. During the hit, Danila is wounded and ends up taken care of by a man known only as the German. Meanwhile The Chechen's men are in hot pursuit. Even though Danila spends the bulk of his time trying to avoid them, he also finds a few moments to have a couple of brief love affairs. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
