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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.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Thriller
Run Time:
99min.
DVD Release Date:
11/19/2002
Director(s):
Alexei Balabanov
Starring:
Sergei Bodrov Jr. , Viktor Sukhorukov , Svetlana Pismichenko , Maria Zhukova , Yuri Kuznetsov
Themes:
Dishonor Among Thieves,Down on Their Luck,Fish Out of Water,One Against the Mob,Innocence Lost
Tone:
Angry,Visceral,Bleak,Confrontational,Cynical,Gritty
Keywords:
Russian [nationality],assassination,brother,crime-lord,hitman,on-the-run
Language:
Russian