Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Vladimir Mashkov | ... | Platon Makovskiy | |
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Mariya Mironova | ... | Mariya |
Andrey Krasko | ... | Shmakov | |
Levani | ... | Larri (as Levan Uchaneyshvili) | |
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Mikhail Vasserbaum | ... | Mark |
Sergey Yushkevich | ... | Viktor | |
Aleksandr Samoylenko | ... | Musa | |
Natalya Kolyakanova | ... | Nina | |
Aleksandr Baluev | ... | Koretskiy | |
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Vladimir Gusev | ... | Lomov |
Vladimir Steklov | ... | Belenkiy | |
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Marat Basharov | ... | Koshkin |
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Vladimir Salnikov | ... | Papa Grisha |
Vladimir Golovin | ... | Akhmed | |
Vladimir Kashpur | ... | Kapitan korablya |
During the Gorbachev years, Platon Makovski and his four buddies are university students who jump on the private capitalism movement. Fast-forward 20 years, Platon finds himself the richest man in Russia, having sacrificed his friends to get to the top. But with this cynical rise, comes a brutal fall. Written by Sujit R. Varma
Well, the good news is that this is definitely a very fun and entertaining piece of cinema. The bad news is that, like most movies with very few exceptions, it took a cool premise and failed short in delivering it. Storytelling needs a lot of polish, plot resolutions may seem dumb at times, and acting can range from very good to absolutely horrible from scene to scene and from actor to actor. There's very little that this "Russian Godfather" has to say that wasn't already said many times (and much better) in "Godfather", "Scarface", and "Once Upon a Time in America".
None of that matters when it comes to the fun factor - unless of course you're one of those self-professed "critics" who spend more time ogling pretty ladies than following the story twists that are neither confusing nor overly complicated, or people who think that any movie that talks about a serious and controversial topic should be strictly unbiased documentary. Be neither, and don't take the movie too seriously.