One in the Chamber (2012)

A seasoned assassin plays both sides in a Russian gang war and becomes the target of an unknown enemy.

Director:

William Kaufman

Writers:

Derek Kolstad, Benjamin Shahrabani,

Stars:

Dolph Lundgren, Cuba Gooding Jr., Claudia Bassols

Cast

Credited cast:
Dolph Lundgren	...	Aleksey Andreev
Cuba Gooding Jr.	...	Ray Carver
Claudia Bassols	...	Janice Knowles
Louis Mandylor	...	Demyan Ivanov
Leo Gregory	...	Bobby Suverov
Billy Murray	...	Leo Crosby
Aaron McPherson	...	Peter
Andrew Bicknell	...	Mikhail Suverov
Lia Sinchevici	...	Mila
Justin Bursch	...	Crony
Bogdan Farkas	...	Goon
Slavi Slavov	...	Body Guard #1
Jimmy Townsend	...	Ivan
Alin Panc	...	Vlad Tavanian
Bogdan Uritescu	...	Nicholai

Storyline

In search of money and freedom from the American justice system, criminals from the United States moved to Eastern Europe, where the laws were replaced by the crime after the collapse of the Communist system. Many of them chose Prague as their hideout, where crime lords were willing to pay a suitable sum of money to assassins in order to eliminate their rivals. One such assassin, Ray Carver (Cuba Gooding Jr.), works for two rival gangs as their main killer. When Ray attempts to murder a Chechen drug lord, he is being pursued by the mobsters. Meanwhile, Suverov mafia hires Alexey 'The Wolf' Andreev (Dolph Lundgren), an assassin from Russia who is rumored to be not existent. This is when the real gang war starts.

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Plot Keywords:

assassin | murder | eastern europe | car explosion | american abroad | 

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Taglines:

When killers collide, every bullet counts.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language, brief drug use and sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Anchor Bay [Australia] Anchor Bay [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 October 2012 (Poland)

Also Known As:

Assassin

Filming Locations:

Czech Republic

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mediapro Studios, Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA), Throttle Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Release theatrically in South Korea and South Africa.

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Goofs

When Damyan arrives at Vlad's place you can see several crew members reflected on the glass door when he goes inside.

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Connections

Remake of Crazy Six (1997)

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Soundtracks

Spring Is in the Air
Written by Jim Latham & Lela Upshaw
Performed by Rick Riso and the Frank & Friends Big Band
Courtesy of Mar-Tune Records

User Reviews

Lundgren and Gooding load One in the Chamber

Over the last few years, it seems that Cuba Gooding Jr. has been downgraded to the straight to video action market. He has had numerous films hit the shelves out of nowhere, but they are all a far cry from his Oscar winning A-list days. Dolph Lundgren has been doing them for years with only a couple forays into the big screen lately with the Expendables series. Their latest One in the Chamber throws these two guys together in an assassin cat and mouse game, but can they deliver something worth checking out or just another forgettable actioner.

One in the Chamber follows an assassin playing both sides of the Russian mob. When he fails to complete a hit, another assassin is called in to finish the job and him. This is a pretty simple film with very little plot, but to be honest not much is needed to make it work. The little bit of story they try to force on you outside of the assassins story fills unnecessary and out of place. Lundgren pretty much plays the same character from the Expendables films and does so with the fun stiff charm he somehow brings along with it. He seems to be having a good time stealing the show every time he steps on screen. The same can't be said for Gooding who does a fine job with his character, but just seems to really not be having any fun doing it. This has been a trend with his last few films that leads you to wonder if he is just delivering so much anger to bring out the characters or is really just not feeling it anymore. Either way, the character works decently for this film as he really needs very little emotion or feelings other than the need and ability to kill and there is no shortage of that here. There are a lot of old school shoot outs in this film that continues to up the body count very similar to the action films from the 90's. There is even and fight between Gooding and Lundgren that seems a bit far-fetched, but manages to work on some level.

This isn't a great movie by any means, but it is one that renters are sure to get exactly what they think from it, action. If you like either of these guys or just mindless action films, then check this film out its worth a rent.

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