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Newsmakers

2009-05-07 · 107 min · ★ 5.0

Action · Thriller · Crime · Drama

A gang of crooks robbing cash collectors, run into a police surveillance team and the inadequate police response results in a gunfight. A TV crew on assignment in the area happens to capture this humiliation on camera, and this example of police incompetence is soon the lead story in every news bulletin. Public confidence in law and order now suffers irreparable harm. The head of the Moscow force welcomes a public search-and-destroy operation against these thugs, the brainchild of Katya, his PR director. She proposes that the capture of this dangerous gang be transformed into a live TV show of a kind never seen before. At this point she cannot know that the gang leader's life-and-death struggle with the police is destined to lead to a media duel. Besieged in a huge apartment block, the crooks hold hostage a father and his son and daughter. A massive special forces rescue operation is mounted but fails miserably.

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Directors
Anders Banke
Production companies
Illusion Film, Kino Bez Granits, Film i Väst, Film i Väst
Countries
Sweden, Russia
Status
Released
Budget
USD 4,000,000

Top Cast

Andrey MerzlikinAndrey MerzlikinSmirnov
Evgeny TsyganovEvgeny TsyganovHerman
Masha MashkovaMasha MashkovaKatya
Sergey GarmashSergey GarmashKiller
Maksim KonovalovMaksim KonovalovKley
Aleksey FrandettiAleksey FrandettiOrda
Pavel KlimovPavel KlimovKolyan
Sergey VesninSergey VesninKon
Artyom SemakinArtyom SemakinValery
Viktor ChepelovSanya
David StepanyanHamlet
Oleg ChernigovMikhalych
Pyotr RytovPolyakov
Yuriy ShlykovYuriy ShlykovBoldyrev
Pavel SukhovBoldyrev's assistant
Yuliya KronrodYuliya Kronrodgirl with a scooter
Anton FedorovAnton Fedorov
Vasily MaslennikovVasily MaslennikovTV correspondent (voice)

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