Michael Ledo Russian crime boss Mussa (Armand Assante) and Mr. Lo of Hong Kong make a $30 million dollar diamond deal that gets raided by Aliya, former Casino worker and trained assassin. Ruslan, a former lover and childhood friend of Aliya almost gets killed. As they make their escape, everyone is after them. "Nothing is what it seems" we are told by Aliya who does part of the narration. The film takes place mostly in non-scenic southern Siberia.The film opens with a lousy teaser and takes most of the film to get back to it. It starts out as a decent grindhouse with appropriate soundtrack, then is ruined by a lengthy Asian style love story. It has some good shoot outs but also a ridiculous car chase scene with 50's style effects for the car ride against the gang that couldn't shoot straight. The last five minutes attempts to make amends for a bad film by creating some idea of being twisty and clever. Peter O'Toole had a very small role near the end which he didn't do well.Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

jean-pierre-860-672482 This is one of those low budget movies some of the talking is dubbed, the acting is really bad the CGI computer special effects are bad, there are a few movie errors, i only gave it 4/10 and I think that's being kind had more money been spent on it with some good actors it would have been a good movie

Frankki I order to qualify for a worst movie award we should start with quality actors. I don't know how they convince Armand Assante and Peter O'Toole to play parts in this. Even aging action stars like Don Wilson and Bolo Yeung should have known to stay clear of this movie. Next, you have to fail at some of the components of a movie. The plot, script, acting, action, special effects, stunts and most any other component of a good film were all disappointing. There were completely pointless cut scenes to their childhood and romance as if building up to something, but went nowhere. I couldn't figure out why the voices were dubbed over the entire film, regardless of who was speaking what language. I rarely find myself wishing I could get my time reimbursed after watching a movie for an hour and a half, but this is definitely one of those times. I will have to admit that Armand made the most of his role. His scenes almost convince you that the movie might go somewhere, but ultimately they only led to more disappointment.

steveo122 I've heard over the years that Jerry Lewis is revered in France. Apparently, in Kazakhstan, they revere 80's American crap action movies. Apparently, they study them closely. Somebody got enough money to get some big and small western names, some pretty starlets, a whole bunch of tough looking people to play actors acting in a crap action movie, an arsenal of weapons, blanks and squibs and then set out to deliberately (it can't be an accident) re-create the best of the worst of the 80's drive-in fodder. They even got them a young French Keanu clone. The only reason it's in English is because they dubbed (with the exception of Assante and Madsen) essentially the entire movie and instructed the voice actors to disregard what was on the screen and concentrate on enunciation. They even dub O'Toole for the five minutes he's in it.Early on, I thought Armand Assante ("Paradise Alley") was going to be big. Here he shows why that never happened. We already know Michael Madsen will say yes to a paycheck. Not that there's anything wrong with that. But it gets worse: all three of these big names signed on for a two picture deal. This is the second. This one is probably better.On the other hand, if you like 80's crap, this is real good.That this would end up being Peter O'Toole's last film, that his career would end with three strikes, is an unfortunate illustration of the mundane reality of the glamorous film business.