The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment
Seen it?1999 | 95 min | Drama, Action, Crime
Sunday Safe Betearly ratingWhy it’s a Sunday Safe Bet
Solid across the board without standing out anywhere. A safe bet when you want something reliable.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans and action fans. If you loved Cape Fear or The Equalizer, start here.
- The mood
- Dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 35 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
A very typical post-Soviet era storyline. A bunch of vagabonds lured an innocent teenage girl to their apartment, offered her a drink, intimidated, then gang raped her. Local cops are incapable to undertake an adequate actions against the scoundrels - prevented by the superior chief of the local police, who is the dad of one of the scumbags. The case is closed. The girl's granddad tired of an endless circumlocution decides to take revenge in his own hands.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesSolid
7.0 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerSolid
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 90K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Stanislav Govorukhin
- Mikhail UlyanovIvan Afonin
- Anna SinyakinaKatya Afonina
- Aleksandr PorokhovshchikovNikolay Pashutin, police colonel, Vadim's father
- Vladislav GalkinAlexey Podberyozkin, local policeman
- Irina RozanovaOlga Afonina, Katya's mother
- Ilya DrevnovVadim Pashutin
- Aleksey MakarovBoris Chukhanov
- Marat BasharovIgor Zvorygin
- Sergey GarmashKoshaev, police captain
- Georgi Martirosyandistrict attorney, prosecutor