Black Lightning (2009)

A Moscow college student's gift car from his parents turns out to be more than anyone expects when it flies, which he uses to become both a city guardian and a speedy floral delivery boy.

Directors:

Dmitriy Kiselev, Aleksandr Voytinskiy

Writers:

Dmitriy Aleynikov, Alexander Talal (as Aleksandr Talal)

Stars:

Grigoriy Dobrygin, Ekaterina Vilkova, Viktor Verzhbitskiy

1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Grigoriy Dobrygin	...	Dima
Ekaterina Vilkova	...	Nastya
Viktor Verzhbitskiy	...	Kuptsov
Valeriy Zolotukhin	...	Perepelkin
Yekaterina Vasilyeva	...	Romantseva
Juozas Budraitis	...	Elizarov (as Yuozas Budraytis)
Ivan Zhidkov	...	Maks
Sergey Garmash	...	Otets Dimy
Ekaterina Starshova	...	Tanka (as Katya Starshova)
Mikhail Efremov	...	Alkogolik
Dato Bakhtadze	...	Bakhram
Igor Savochkin	...	Boris
Sergey Legostaev	...	Gena - okhrannik
Elena Valyushkina	...	Mat Dimy
Vitaliy Alshanskiy	...	Vasya

Storyline

Moscow, 2004, and wealthy entrepreneur Kuptsov drills deep beneath the city, trying to reach a huge diamond vein. Aware that his ruthless drilling will destroy the city and its denizens, it's a result he's willing to accept for untold additional wealth. Fortunately, his equipment lacks enough power. He needs the Nano-catalyst (developed years ago) to fuel his machinery, but its current whereabouts is unknown. Meanwhile, in another part of the city, college boy Dima dreams of owning a car and dating gorgeous co-ed Nastya. His wealthy friend Max has a Mercedes Benz and is flirting with Nastya, which frustrates Dima. On his birthday, Dima finally gets a car (from his parents) - a grungy, antiquated Volga of which he is privately ashamed; but, unbeknownst to anyone, the car - the recipient of "failed" Nano-catalysis - is capable of much more, and turns Dima into an unidentified crusader of justice known as Black Lightning.

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Plot Keywords:

car | lightning | drill | birthday | diamond | 

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Taglines:

Prepare for the thrill ride of your life!

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [France] Official site [Russia]

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

31 December 2009 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Black Lightning

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$20,984,902

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bazelevs Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was the first Russian Superhero film ever made.

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Quotes

Romantseva: It all started with a crystal found in a soil sample from the moon. It turned out that the crystal was capable of altering the chemical composition of substances. We created a device that increased the energy of fuel a million-fold. We called it the nanocatalyst.

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Connections

Referenced in Hren' 2.0: Nastolnaya Chyornaya molniya. (2011)

User Reviews

decent

Black Lightning is your 'typical' story of an ordinary boy, who is given an incredible flying car for his birthday. He then uses the car to become rich in order to win the heart of a girl, but becomes embroiled in a fiendish plot which could end up destroying Moscow!

Black Lightning is fun for kids of all ages, although the very young may not be able to keep up. If young children don't like the subtitles, the dubbing is pretty good, with annoying voices kept to a minimum. The performances are decent, the story is well paced and the action is interspersed at regular intervals throughout. Even if you don't become totally involved with the film, you can enjoy yourself spotting which script ideas have been taken from other films. SM