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., Billy Murray

Cast

Credited cast:
Dolph Lundgren	...	Aleksey Andreev
Cuba Gooding Jr.	...	Ray Carver
Billy Murray	...	Leo Crosby
Louis Mandylor	...	Demyan Ivanov
Leo Gregory	...	Bobby Suverov
Claudia Bassols	...	Janice Knowles
Lia Sinchevici	...	Mila
Andrew Bicknell	...	Mikhail Suverov
Aaron McPherson	...	Peter
Patricia Poienaru	...	Juliana
Alin Panc	...	Vlad Tavanian
Justin Bursch	...	Crony
George Remes	...	Gregori
Jimmy Townsend	...	Ivan
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 | eastern europe | murder | gun | car explosion | 

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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

Referenced in One in the Chamber: Behind the Scenes (2012)

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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

It's a decent action movie. Judge it accordingly

I read the posted reviews posted about this one and they're massively wrong.

I'll keep mine brief:

The movie is rooted in the action and the characters and story are plot devices aside from the lead. The staples are all there (accent heavy thugs, withdrawn lead with a moral dilemma, back story dealing with his obsession with the female lead) and the female lead is gorgeous. I liked that it never resorted to objectifying her.

This is a hit-man movie. It's not aiming for realism over entertainment but it's not out right silly either. The shooting scenes are well done. The fighting scenes could use a little work since there were points where the use of a stunt double was too obvious. It's a hit-man in Prague playing sides in a Russian mafia war. That's about all you need to know.

Once the action gets going another player/hit-man is introduced. Dolph Lundgren steals his scenes with a great character that could have been developed more but is fun as it is.

A more menacing bad guy would have been nice. There are quite a few nasty Russians in this but it's all implied. Some scenes dedicated to showing them as bad people would have helped establish them as such. Don't just allude to him torturing someone. You've got the R rating so stretch your legs Mr Kaufman and let's see the guy tied to the ceiling getting killed so I know the guy doing it is more than just an angry Russian.

I gave this 8/10 because I judged it based on reception as a fan of action movies. If you like movies about professional killers you can put this on and not be disappointed. It's not Collateral but it's still fun to watch. Go into it remembering that it's a straight to DVD/VOD action movie and have a good time.

I look forward to seeing what the team behind this does next since this is a big improvement over their previous efforts. As long as they keep learning and striving for more their next movie could be something very cool to see.

Pros: *good shooting scenes especially with the long range guns *good acting *great locations *coherent and easy to follow plot *fun characters

Cons: *the script had weaknesses in the dialogue *the shots could have been more stylized *the texture of the film should have been adjusted by the DOP to reflect *the location and set pieces. I mentioned Collateral: compare the club scenes specifically to see what I mean. *the gun play (too many machine guns! don't double fist pistols!) *underdeveloped characters

8/10 for an action movie