The Duelist
Seen it?2016 | 110 min | Adventure, Action, Drama
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a box office loss and almost no lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for action fans. If you loved Beast, start here.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 50 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Returning to Saint Petersburg after a long exile, the dashing Yakovlev, a retired army officer, makes a comfortable living by winning other people's duels. An enigmatic, focused, and extremely skilled professional, he leaves a trail of dead bodies behind him as he swirls through polite society, frequently called upon to wield a pistol as a surrogate in duels at dawn. But when Yakovlev meets the naïve young Prince Tuchov and his beautiful sister, Princess Martha, the normally cold-hearted mercenary is surprised by hitherto undetected emotions. What transpires uncovers a series of revelations about his past and his present self.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
43% on Rotten Tomatoes, 55 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
6.3 out of 10
- AwardsWeak
1 win and 0 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$6 million worldwide on a $13 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
Not enough engagement data yet
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Aleksei Mizgiryov
- Pyotr FyodorovYakovlev
- Vladimir MashkovEarl Beklemishev
- Franziska PetriAleksandra Iosifovna
- Martin WuttkeGerman Baron
- Sergey GarmashOne-armed nobleman
- Yuri KolokolnikovBasargin
- Aleksandr YatsenkoYakovlev Jr.
- Yuriy KuznetsovServant
- Anton Kuznetsovmerchant, gunsmith
- Dmitriy KulichkovChichagov