Checkpoint (1999)
"Blokpost" (original title)

Director:

Aleksandr Rogozhkin

Writers:

Aleksandr Rogozhkin (screenplay), Aleksandr Rogozhkin (story)

Stars:

Roman Romantsov, Kirill Ulyanov, Ivan Kuzmin

3 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Roman Romantsov	...	Bones
Kirill Ulyanov	...	Professor
Ivan Kuzmin	...	Ash
Denis Kirillov	...	Skag
Yegor Tomoshevsky	...	Fingers
Yuri Grigoriev	...	Pisser
Denis Moiseyev	...	Ratso
Aleksandr Ivanov	...	Boeing
Andrey Krasko	...	Iliych
Aleksey Buldakov	...	General
Zoya Buryak	...	Detective
Sergei Guslinsky	...	Lieutenant Borya

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

military post | love | mystery killer | young soldier | resistance | 

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Taglines:

Check your point of no return.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | War

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Details

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

October 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Checkpoint

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kinokompaniya CTB, Obshchestvennoe Rossiyskoe Televidenie (ORT)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Waiting for the madness.

A squad of Soldiers find themselves in hot water and are sent to guard a checkpoint in remote bushland, where tensions are high with the locals. A snipper from the bushes keeps them on their toes, rattling their nerves daily. But with every occupational hazard comes insanity. The only way to survive is to be part of the madness and that they do, each soldier with their own eccentricity. The story never builds up to anything but shows the slow progression of their deterioration. And there is also too much of that boys-own-jokes that gets in the way of the inner demons that is creeping up on them all. Director Alexander Rogozhkin did better in LIFE WITH AN IDIOT (1993).