Moscow Zero (2006)

Director:

María Lidón

Writer:

Adela Ibañez (writer)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

A Film By Luna.

Plot:

In Moscow, the priest Owen hires a team to guide him in the underworld to find his friend Sergei that is missing while researching the legend about the existence of demons and an entrance to hell beneath the city.

Plot Keywords:

Underground | Hell | Priest | Religion | Heaven

Cast

Vincent Gallo	...	Owen
Oksana Akinshina	...	Lyuba
Val Kilmer	...	Andrey
Sage Stallone	...	Vassily
Joaquim de Almeida	...	Yuri
Rade Serbedzija	...	Sergei
Joss Ackland	...	Tolstoy
Alex O'Dogherty	...	Pavel
Julio Perillán	...	Alec Miller
Roman Shamko	...	Ksiel
Borja Romaniv	...	Asbeel
Alejandro Horeyda	...	Ksiel's Group Member
Juan Carlos Guerrero	...	Ksiel's Group Member
Ekaterina Vovenko	...	Ksiel's Group Member
Marilo Muñoz	...	Dark Old Woman

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA | Spain | UK

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Spain:15 | USA:R | Italy:T | Portugal:M/16 | UK:15 | South Korea:18 | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Carmona, Sevilla, Andalucía, Spain

Company:

Valentia Pictures

Trivia:

Luna noted it was very uncomfortable filming in the tunnels. The actors and crew were at risk for exhaustion because they had to work in extreme conditions, without proper light and poor circulation of air.

Quotes:

Tolstoy: According to legend we live on the threshold of hell, but in reality it is much more than just legend. It is said that man defied God when out of vanity he longed to build temples so high they touched the heavens and reached the ages.

A different kind of film

I must say the movie is highly under-rated in IMDb. We are not looking here for a typical FBI Thriller or a romantic plot. It is a discovery of a legend by Sergei and this leads to so many discoveries. Although the movie is mostly set in dark and closed alleys, but it was well shot and actually depicts the real feeling as if you are inside that place as defined in the plot.

It is a 'different' kind of a movie and it is actually very nicely done. The story has been treated well.

The Sister tried to protect the kids from daemons that lived at higher levels... and I presume all the kids and the sister died of hunger... But what was not clear is why would children (shadows of daemons) kill people who would come down... Well maybe because all of them had to sacrifice their lives and die of hunger.