During the bloody war in Chechnya, a British couple and two Russian soldiers are taken hostage by Chechen rebels. Two of the hostages are then released to bring the money for the British woman who is forced to wait for the ransom.
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| Aleksey Chadov | ... | Ivan | |
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Ian Kelly | ... | John |
| Ingeborga Dapkunaite | ... | Margaret | |
| Sergey Bodrov | ... | Captain Medvedev | |
| Evklid Kyurdzidis | ... | Ruslan | |
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Giorgi Gurgulia | ... | Aslan |
| Vladimir Gostyukhin | ... | Ivan's Father | |
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Yuriy Stepanov | ... | Aleksandr Matrosov |
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Steve Jamieson | ... | (as Steve Jameson) |
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Lev Erenburg | ||
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Peter Wickham | ||
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Stanislav Stotsky | ... | (as Stas Stotsky) |
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During the bloody war in Chechnya, a British couple and two Russian soldiers are taken hostage by Chechen rebels. Two of the hostages are then released to bring the money for the British woman who is forced to wait for the ransom.
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Ivan: So, I'm Yermakov, Ivan and he's John, so we're, like, namesakes. So, I met him in the summer of 2001. It was the second month that I'd been in the village of Verkhniy Iskhoy at Aslan Gugayev's place. Back then none of us knew him. Just... His detachment is small. There were three of us there at the time: me, Fedka and a Jew, a commercial one. From Vladikavkaz, I think... Uh-huh. Called Semyon. Yeah, me and Fedka were sawing up wood when they brought them in on a truck. There were ...
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Written by Vyacheslav Butusov (as V. Butusov)
Performed by Vyacheslav Butusov
© 2001 Pervoye Muzykalnoye izdatelstvo
(P) "DeaDushki band and Grigory Sologub"
Played in the end credits
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In 1999, a video was published on the Internet where two Chechen soldiers killed a Russian hostage soldier by cutting his throat. The moment of his agony was used as audio footage for the scene where one of the two hostages was beheaded. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Ivan: So, I'm Yermakov, Ivan and he's John, so we're, like, namesakes. So, I met him in the summer of 2001. It was the second month that I'd been in the village of Verkhniy Iskhoy at Aslan Gugayev's place. Back then none of us knew him. Just... His detachment is small. There were three of us there at the time: me, Fedka and a Jew, a commercial one. From Vladikavkaz, I think... Uh-huh. Called Semyon. Yeah, me and Fedka were sawing up wood when they brought them in on a truck. There were ...
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MOYA ZVEZDAWritten by Vyacheslav Butusov (as V. Butusov)
Performed by Vyacheslav Butusov
© 2001 Pervoye Muzykalnoye izdatelstvo
(P) "DeaDushki band and Grigory Sologub"
Played in the end credits
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I liked the film a lot. Sure enough, as an action film, it is more realistic than the Rambo movies, but it is not its biggest merit. I'd recommend watching the film only for the sake of getting to know the Russian perspective on things - Westerners, Chechen "freedom-fighters", the Russian army, Moscow, the Russian "outback", etc).
I did not see any problem with Ian Kelly's acting, he looked quite convincing to me - after all he was playing the role of a British actor.
My favourite quote from the film:
John: This is an offence against our human rights!
Chechen (in Russian): What does he want?
Russian translator (in Russian): He wants to drink.
Chechen (in Russian): Tell him to shut up or he'll get the gun-stock.
Russian translator: John, shut up.