Antikiller
Sign in to saveAntikiller () is a 2002 Russian crime film directed by Egor Konchalovsky. It portrays a brutal war between obnoxious crime gangs and a one-man vigilante, a former police officer. The movie is based on Danil Koretsky’s novel of the same name, which has sold five million copies in the countries of the former Soviet Union and has acquired cult status among readers of Russian pulp fiction. Like the novel, the film became the box office leader among Russian films in 2002.
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4.8Former criminal investigator, Major Korenev, nicknamed Fox is released from prison. He has been detained there as a result of planted incriminating evidence of unlawful investigation techniques. Setting accounts with Shaman - a big criminal boss, who ordered the evidence planted and also with his former colleagues was not a part of Korenev's agenda. As he returns to Moscow he finds a new world ruled by underworld bosses, criminal clans fighting each other and utter chaos on the desperately keeping appearances streets of Russian capital. Facing death of his friends, Major Korenev decides to re-install law and order using some unorthodox methods that are only relevant in 21st century Russia.
Released: 2002-08-01113 minDir: Egor KonchalovskyAction, Crime
Cast
- Sergey Shakurov as Cross (Krest)
- Aleksandr Baluev as Shaman
- Gosha Kutsenko as Major Korenev, aka Fox (Lis)
- Mikhail Ulyanov as Father (Otets)
- Evgeniy Sidikhin as Barkas
- Viktor Sukhorukov as Ambal
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Antikiller
- Film.image
- AntikillerDvdCover.jpg
- Film.caption
- Russian DVD cover
- Film.director
- Egor Konchalovsky
- Film.producer
- Yusup Bakshiyev Vladimir Kilburg Viktor Taknov
- Film.writer
- Danil Koretsky
- Film.starring
- Gosha Kutsenko Mikhail Ulyanov
- Film.cinematography
- Anton Antonov
- Film.editing
- Bénédicte Brunet Olga Grinshpun
- Film.distributor
- Central Partnership
- Film.runtime
- 114 minutes
- Film.country
- Russia
- Film.language
Key dates
- Published
- 1 August 2002
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- Russia
- Original language
- Russian
- Director
- Yegor Konchalovsky
- Screenwriter
- Daniil Koretsky
- Cast member
- Yuriy Dumchev
- Duration
- +114
- FilmAffinity ID
- 268173
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Antikiller () is a 2002 Russian crime film directed by Egor Konchalovsky. It portrays a brutal war between obnoxious crime gangs and a one-man vigilante, a former police officer. The movie is based on Danil Koretsky’s novel of the same name, which has sold five million copies in the countries of the former Soviet Union and has acquired cult status among readers of Russian pulp fiction. Like the novel, the film became the box office leader among Russian films in 2002.
==Plot== Former criminal investigator, Major Korenev, nicknamed Fox, gets out of jail, where he spent many years after being betrayed by his corrupt colleagues, and settles scores with his old and new enemies.