The Blackout (2019)

Life on Earth is rapidly destroyed except for a small area in Eastern Europe.

Directors:

Egor Baranov, Nathalia Hencker

Writer:

Ilya Kulikov

Stars:

Aleksey Chadov, Pyotr Fyodorov, Svetlana Ivanova

Cast

Credited cast:
Aleksey Chadov	...	Oleg
Pyotr Fyodorov	...	Yuriy Grubov
Svetlana Ivanova	...	Olga
Lukerya Ilyashenko	...	Alyona
Kseniya Kutepova	...	Marina Osmolovskaya
Konstantin Lavronenko	...	Major Dolmatov
Filipp Avdeev	...	Zhenya
Artyom Tkachenko	...	Id
Yuriy Borisov	...	Lieutenant Maksim Kasatkin
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Zach Aguilar	...	Dima / Kopilov / Radio Operator (voice)
Maksim Artamonov	...	The Doctor
Bryarly Bishop	...	Olya (voice)
Mikhail Bondin	...	The Sportsman
Viktoriya Borisova	...	The Wounded
Oleg Boyko	...	Oleg's Father

Storyline

No meteorites hit Earth, no terrorists put the world in danger, no atomic war was started, but something did go wrong. Contact between most towns on Earth has been severed. A small ring-like area in Eastern Europe still has electricity, and maybe even life is being reported from the Space. What military forces find outside the Ring is shocking. There are dead corpses everywhere: in stores, in cars, on roads, in hospitals and railway stations. Who or what is destroying all life on Earth? How long will the last outpost of mankind survive?

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Plot Keywords:

russian science fiction | military base | mind control | prologue | circle of life | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the film, about 70% of the total timing is done using computer graphics.

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Goofs

While architectural and fashion styles, interior decorations, and overall look shown in the film are slick, futuristic, and very modern, the interior of delta-winged passenger plane looks very frumpy and very much from 1970s (no seatback "Information, Communication, Entertainment" screens, for instance).

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Connections

References Predator (1987)

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Soundtracks

fine
Written and Performed by Mike Shinoda

User Reviews

Well made sci-fi. Well worth a watch.

After you get over the dubbing which is in no way bad just a little wierd with lip movement not matching this is surprisingly good. The English dubbing is actually very well done. I get hints of skyline, battle Los Angeles and maybe even falling skies. I won't spoil the plot but I will say its pretty good. Not being familiar with Russian movies I have no idea if there are stars in it, but the acting is perfectly acceptable. There are a few well placed special effects all of which were tastefully and professionally done. I went in with low expectations and enjoyed it. As in a previous comment maybe a bit more editing would have been nice because it's a bit long for 2 hours.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan] Telekanal TV3 [Russia]

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

21 November 2019 (Russia)

Also Known As:

The Blackout

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,763,702

Company Credits

Production Co:

1-2-3 Production, TNT-Premier, TV3

Technical Specs

Runtime:

127 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39:1