The Quickie (2001)

Director:

Sergei Bodrov

Writers (WGA):

Sergei Bodrov (story)
Sergei Bodrov (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

25 July 2001 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Get in. Get out. Fast!

Plot:

A crime soap opera about a Russian mobster retiring from "the business" on New Year's Eve, only to discover he has been targeted for death by a rival mobster. |

Plot Keywords:

Mansion | Alcohol | Bodyguard | Envelope | Exterminator

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Brenda Bakke	...	Jane
Dennis Bendersky	...	Young Oleg
Sergei Bodrov Jr.	...	Deema
John Bradford Pagano	...	Anna's Driver
Kevin Brief	...	Caterer
Juan Carlos Cantu	...	Priest
Richard Fire	...	Catering Assistant
Rusty Flood	...	Anatoly's Child
Jsu Garcia	...	Miguel
Joyce Guy	...	Social Worker
Joel Heyman	...	Bartender
Kerry Johnston	...	Second Call Girl
Will Kepper	...	Bobby
Natalia Kroukova	...	Tango Dancer
Yevgeni Lazarev	...	Uncle Anatoly (as Eugene Lazarev)

Also Known As:

The Quickie (France)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and sexuality/nudity.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

France | UK | Germany

Language:

English | Russian | Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

France:U | Germany:16 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | USA:R | Canada:A | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Hermosa Beach, California, USA

Company:

Pyramide Films

Quotes:

Oleg: You need money, huh?
Lisa: Yeah, most people do. Do you?
Oleg: No, I'm more of the philanthropic type.

Movie Connections:

References Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe (1996)

Soundtrack:

La Flute

Bad story badly told

I wanted to see this movie because I liked "Kavkazskij Plennik" ("Prisoner of the Mountains") and "Brat" ("Brother") with Sergey Bodrov, Jr. and "Vor" ("The Thief") with Vladimir Mashkov. Well, unlike the other movies, "The Quickie" was a total waste of time. The story that makes little sense, very uneven acting (Lesley Ann Warren was especially bad), really awful dialogs, poor cinematography, what else could go wrong? I find it amusing that in practically every American-made movie, when the same-language-speaking foreigners (Russians in this case) are left alone, they prefer to communicate with each other mostly in broken English (and when they happen to speak Russian, for some reason translators feel obligated to add a lot of "f**ks" in the sentences, which have no profanity, literal or non-literal). At the same time, native-English-speaking actors choose to speak in broken Russian. Why is that? Getting back to the story, most of the subplots of the movie (e.g. betting the house, inviting Latin American paramilitaries, etc) either make no sense or do nothing more than confusing the viewers. It is too bad that Bodrov, Mashkov, and Leigh (all good actors in my humble opinion) got themselves involved in this disaster.