Piranha
(2006)
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Cast
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| Vladimir Mashkov | ... |
Mazur
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Svetlana Antonova | ... |
Olga
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Yevgeny Mironov | ... |
Prokhor
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Viktoriya Isakova | ... |
Sinilga
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Anna Banshchikova | ... |
Viktoriya
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Mikhail Efremov | ... |
Dorokhov
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Zima
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Aleksandr Golubev | ... |
Belobrysy
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Aleksey Gorbunov | ... |
Kuzmich
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Andrey Merzlikin | ... |
Shtabs
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Sergey Petrov | ... |
Khimik 1
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Boris Polunin | ... |
Admiral
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Ramil Sabitov | ... |
Ibragim
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Anna Ukolova | ... |
Nina
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Agent of special department "Piranha" Kirill Mazur and his colleague Olga go to the far north with the assignment to liquidate an underwater secret weapon lab in the guise of a mutual vacation. All of a sudden, they find themselves in the world where civilization laws are forgotten, and this deadly weapons are kept by gangsters who are controlled by a new "master of taiga" Prohor, whose leisure time is spent hunting at humans. Mazur didn't know that he would have to trade his familiar gun for a hand-made bone knife, and save his companion and himself instead of saving the world. For them, this safari in northern forests would be no less dangerous as for the live targets. Written by russart.com
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Country:
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RussianRelease Date:
6 April 2006 (Russia) See more »Also Known As:
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For the last decade or so, one of the main "topics" in Russian cinema was "Let's make a real blockbuster action movie! Our answer to Hollywood! " Obviously, whenever a filmmaker is concerned with "our answer to whatever" the final product will be a farmer's friend, but no one else's. We've seen a few decent wannabe-Tarantino / Takeshi Kitano style "action films" ( I still claim that Kitano's Brother and the Russian Brother have plenty in common besides the moniker) but their tries at something Lethal Weaponish fell flatter than the Turkish analogues.
Well... no more.
We finally got an excellent Russian action movie blockbuster. Which... is cool and all. More quality = more money = more quantity = more money = possibly more quality.
The plot... is an action movie plot. The brave commando veteran (his former commando unit was called "The Piranha" and that's the only explanation for the movie's title you're going to get) and a lovely bio-chemist are sent to neutralize some bio-weapons left in an abandoned (flooded) military research center near the Chinese border before the land on which said research center is built is ceded to the Chinese. Things go wrong and they find themselves amongst the unwilling participants in the latest "Most Dangerous Game" remake - Taiga edition.
Right...
On the positive side - the movie takes itself as non-seriously as possible without turning into an outright spoof. Quotes, homages and outright "tributes" abound - all delivered lightly and ironically. Mashkov, who was wasting his unshaven charisma in a whole host of pointless films plays a hero at least as well as classic Bruce Willis on a good day. Mironov already acknowledged that he was channeling Garry Oldman in Leon and IMO he tops that performance. Good use of the an energetic soundtrack. The camera moves in a way Tony Scott can only have wet dreams about (not necessarily a good thing) Amazing energy and drive all around - the film just picks you and never let's you go.
So... check it out if it comes your way. I honestly don't think you'll be disappointed.