Lichnyy nomer (2004)

A terrorist organization know as "Ansar Allah" is preparing to turn the city of Rome into a City of Dead. But the heroism of Smolin, professionalism of Catherine Stone, help of Umar (from ... See full summary »

Director:

Evgeny Lavrentiev

Writers:

Evgeny Lavrentiev, Yuri Sagaidak,

Stars:

Aleksey Makarov, Louise Lombard, Vyacheslav Razbegaev

Cast

Credited cast:
Aleksey Makarov	...	Maj. Aleksei Smolin
Louise Lombard	...	Catherine Stone
Vyacheslav Razbegaev	...	Umar Tamiev
Egor Pazenko	...	Saulyus Boykis
Yuriy Tsurilo	...	Gen. Sergei Karpov
Viktor Verzhbitskiy	...	Lev Pokrovskiy
Ramil Sabitov	...	Khasan
John Amos	...	Admiral Melory
Mariya Golubkina	...	Tatyana
Orso Maria Guerrini	...	Italian Prime Minister
Mariya Syomkina	...	Masha
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Igor Aldonin	...	Journalist at airport
Dave Bass	...	Press Conference Moderator
Igor Blokhin	...	NATO HQs officer
James Derrick	...	NATO expert

Storyline

A terrorist organization know as "Ansar Allah" is preparing to turn the city of Rome into a City of Dead. But the heroism of Smolin, professionalism of Catherine Stone, help of Umar (from Chechnya) together with the cooperation of Russian and western special forces will save the world from evil terrorists.

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Plot Keywords:

rome italy | plutonium | murder | swimming pool | jeep | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Russia

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

9 December 2004 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Countdown

Filming Locations:

Ivanovo airport, Ivanovo, Ivanovskaya Oblast, Russia

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Film Master, Top Line Production

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The plane takes off from Moscow in the depth of snowy winter night. After about 30-45 minutes of flight time when the plane performs an emergency landing in Belarus not far from the border, it's a clear and sunny summer's day. (Moscow time is GMT+3, Minsk is GMT+2, time difference is minus one hour, it should be at least dark in Belarus.) And during the film, when it's night in Moscow, it's day-time in Rome, which is only minus two hours (GMT+1).

User Reviews

An incommensurable better than "Night Watch"

"Countdown" - new stunning Russian blockbuster with interesting storyline, amazing stunt performance and great visual effects. It reminds me "Die Hard" with Bruce Willis, but in Russian way. The main theme is very actual for this day: an international terrorism and fight against it, hostages in the circus... and one good guy Alexey Smolin (Makarov) against this international evil. I saw this movie twice and will buy DVD with it, because it's a really good-acting blockbuster! Much better than previous Russian "blockbuster" "Night Watch" with poor scenes and dumb plot with countless holes. Now I believe that Russian filmmakers can do really good blockbuster! Hope to see "Countdown-2" soon!