Moscow Mission (2006 film)
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Moscow Mission[1] (or Countdown,[2] "Обратный отсчёт" or "Obratnyy otschet") is a Russian action movie directed by Vadim Shmelyov.[3] The movie was released in Moscow in 2006.
In 2023 filmmakers in China released another feature film, about a 1993 train robbery that occurred on the trans-Siberian express, that had the same English name.[4]
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Plot
There will be an explosion exactly in 48 hours in Moscow. The information was provided by an agent who was killed this very second. All Intelligence Services work on it, but the only hope is for recently organized independent team. They are a hacker girl who once broke through Pentagon servers, a former special operative officer who enjoys speed and adrenalin, psychologist, a lady whose beauty outshines her intelligence and her rank of major, and a blind field engineer whose sense of smell and intuition substitute for his eyesight... And the Chief who got them all together and learned how to control them.
Only this team is able to figure it out who, and most importantly where, by knowing just when...
Cast
- Andrey Merzlikin as Maks
- Maksim Sukhanov as Starshiy (Denis)
- Leonid Yarmolnik as Krot
- Oksana Akinshina as Anna
- Oleg Stefan as Martin
- Aleksandr Ustyugov as Martin's aid
- Andrey Ilyin as Grishin
- Anastasiya Makeyeva as Olga
- Pavel Smetankin as Hadid
- James Derrick as Agent Kevin
See also
- Countdown, another similar Russian action film
References
- ↑ International release title.
- ↑ Russian release title.
- ↑ Roman Volobuev (2006-10-23). "Обратный отсчёт". Afisha. https://www.afisha.ru/movie/176695/?reviewid=152966. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
- ↑ Zhang Rui (2023-06-16). "'Moscow Mission' adapts shocking cross-border case". China Daily. Archived from the original on 2023-10-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20231015132638/http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-06/16/content_87756892.htm. Retrieved 2023-10-27. "Director Herman Yau recalled how sensational this case was when it happened in 1993. He extensively researched the case to prepare for making this movie, which made him almost an expert on the topic. He hopes to achieve more breakthroughs in creating this thriller and capture the social context and people's lives of that time."
