Treasure Raiders (2007)

An American professor (Brand) teams up with a Russian biker (Nevsky) to search for historical treasures buried in and around Moscow.

Director:

Brent Huff

Writers:

Alexander Izotov, Alexander Nevsky (story)

Stars:

Alexander Nevsky, Steven Brand, David Carradine

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alexander Nevsky	...	Wolf
Steven Brand	...	Michael Nazzaro
David Carradine	...	Pierre
Sherilyn Fenn	...	Lena
Robert Madrid	...	Dr. Pablo Ramirez
Andrew Divoff	...	Cronin
William Shockley	...	Beekeeper
Olga Rodionova	...	Masha Bolkov
Albert Filozov	...	Curator
Maksim Konovalov	...	Bolt (as Maxim Konovalov)
Maksim Pokrovskiy	...	Gorinych (as Max Pokrovsky)
Egor Pazenko	...	Igor
Stanislav Kucher	...	Officer Petrov
Ekaterina Ryndenkova	...	Lida
Francesca Carlin	...	Officer Tzyu (as Franceska Carlin)

Storyline

Michael, an American professor teaching history at Moscow University, finances his passion for treasure hunting with competitive street racing. His racing nemesis Wolf becomes his ally as they both embark on a quest to search for a famous ancient Russian treasure.

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Plot Keywords:

street racing | street shootout | car race | race | car chase | 

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Taglines:

Speed is part of the game...

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence and some drug content

Did You Know?

Trivia

Marina Anderson, ex-wife of David Carradine, did the American voice for the Russian female lead in the film (role of Masha). She didn't know David was in the film until she showed up in ADR.

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Goofs

When Pierre is being chased by the police car, he looks in the rear view mirror. The police officer is on the wrong side of the car.

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Connections

Referenced in Best of the Worst: Our DVD and Blu-ray Collection (2019)

User Reviews

treasure raiders. yeah, right.

Hasn't everyone get tired of lame Hollywood films like this? Apparently, Hollywood produced an addition to their verrrrry long list of action films about Americans in Russia.

I guess the producers were brainstorming about what's next in action films and they were thinking, "Yeah. This is the 21st century. Russia is becoming cool, so let's not make a story about a dude who kill impoverished evil Russians. Just make them look cool." And then someone suggested, "Hey! I heard that people's into The Da Vinci Code and stuff, so let's say there are two cool guys, one is a professor and one is a racer, and then they are looking at a treasure that has a code in it." So they went to Russia to find good places to shoot the film, hired a special effects "expert", and to cut costs, they searched for so-so actors with low talent fees.

The result? A cheap, terrible and cliché-ridden "Treasure Raiders." See? This gotta be worse than any of Steven Segal's idiotic films. In fact, this gotta be one of the worst films about Mother Russia. Damn! I can't believe I've finished it!

Details

Official Sites:

Czar Pictures [Russia] Official site

Country:

Russia USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 June 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Treasure Hunters

Filming Locations:

Moscow, Russia

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$851,570

Company Credits

Production Co:

Czar Pictures, Hollywood Storm

Technical Specs

Color:

Color