Red Serpent

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Red Serpent
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DVD poster
Directed byGino Tanasescu
Written byDrew Fleming
Cyndy Kuipers
George Lascu
Produced byOleg Kapanets
Starring Michael Pare
Roy Scheider
Oleg Taktarov
Cinematography Andrey Zhegalov
Andrey Belkanov
Edited byMatt Harry
Music byKenneth Burgomaster
John Valentino
Alexey Belov
Production
companies
Kremlin Films
Rex Media
Release date
  • September 3, 2003 (2003-09-03)
Running time
92 min.
CountriesRussia
Germany
LanguagesRussian
English
Budget$5 000 000 [1]

Red Serpent is a 2003 Russian-German crime thriller directed by Gino Tanasescu.

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Plot

Steve Nichols comes to Moscow to conclude a contract. Unbeknownst to Steve, he has to become a front for transporting drugs supplied by a local gangster nicknamed Red Serpent. And his personal consent is just a technical matter.

The only hope for the trapped businessman is the former KGB officer Sergei Popov, who has old scores with the Serpent. [1]

Cast

Critical response

Russian film critic Valery Kichin considered the film unspectacular and boring, giving it a rating of 1 out of 10. [3]

BadComedian called the Tanasescu film "stupidity, idiocy and nonsense". [4]

Reviewer Andrey Volkov (Postcriticism.ru) named only the performance of some actors as a plus, but in general he described the film as far from professional cinema. [5]

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References

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  3. Валерий Кичин (2003-04-08). "Медвежья болезнь". Российская газета . Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  4. BadComedian (2017-02-27). "Невский: Начало". YouTube . Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  5. Андрей Волков (2021-04-27). "Первый боевик Невского". Postcriticism. Retrieved 2023-03-09.