A Rough Draft (2018)

A video game designer is stripped of his identity and recruited by a mysterious force to be the gatekeeper of a multi-dimensional portal.

Director:

Sergey Mokritskiy

Writers:

Maksim Budarin, Denis Kuryshev

Stars:

Nikita Volkov, Severija Janusauskaite, Vilen Babichev

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Nikita Volkov	...	Kirill
Severija Janusauskaite	...	Renata
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vilen Babichev	...	Fyodor (blacksmith)
Olga Borovskaya	...	Anna
Irina Demidkina	...	Vasilisa
Oleg Feoktistov
Sergei Kapkov
Irina Khakamada	...	Irina
Andrey Merzlikin	...	Felix
Mikhail Parygin
Anna Peresild
Yuliya Peresild	...	Rosa
Aleksandr Plyushchev	...	Pyotr Nikolayevich
Yola Sanko
Nikita Tarasov

Storyline

A video game designer is stripped of his identity and recruited by a mysterious force to be the gatekeeper of a multi-dimensional portal.

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Plot Keywords:

political repression | kgb | evildoer | alternate history | 

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Taglines:

A rough draft

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Genres:

Fantasy

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Cameo: Sergeij Lukianenko, the author of the original book, has an cameo appearance in the scene when Kiril takes the metro to his parents.

User Reviews

Great first half, but gets confused in second

The main character starts off doing well but things start to go a bit wrong as the plot develops. From the start, a Sci-Fi film is revealed.

There's an annoying blonde in the film who is integral to the story, acting like a nemesis to the main character. She's fairly wooden in acting ability but also needed to counter the 'hero'.

The first half of the film is damn good. Has some decent action, visual effects and a good sense of direction. If the film had stayed on this course, it could've quite easily scored 8 or more as it really entertains.

However, the second part of the film is just odd, muddled, and let's the film down. The point of the plot, characters, etc, are just thrown away. Yes there are more action scenes but they seem to be sprinkled into the film at random.

Overall, this isn't a stinker as many other reviews seem to point out, but it does suffer from a weak second half.

Details

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian English

Release Date:

25 May 2018 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Černovik

Filming Locations:

Moscow, Russia

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,403,050

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dobro, New People Film Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1