The Russian Specialist

2005

Action / Drama / Thriller

7
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 4144 4.1K

Director

Dolph Lundgren Photo
Dolph Lundgren

Top cast

Dolph Lundgren Photo
Dolph Lundgren as Nikolai Cherenko
Stefan Ivanov Photo
Stefan Ivanov as Doorman
Levana Finkelstein Photo
Levana Finkelstein as Mary Abramoff
Slavi Slavov Photo
Slavi Slavov as Nevski
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862.31 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
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1.56 GB
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English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by bronsonskull72 5 / 10

* *1/2 Out Of Five

Dolph Lundgren stars as Nikolai a Russian special forces officer who takes vengeance on the (russian) mobsters who killed his family, assuming that the killer is dead, he works as a mechanic however when he is asked to help a European heiress, Nikolai needs little convincing when he finds out that the man who took her is the same man who killed his family in this fairly engaging straight to DVD release. Dolph Lundgren has always been one of the more engaging action stars in the market and he certainly crafts excellent action scenes (Especially the climax) but where as The Defender had more twists and satisfying punch,this one is let down by a screenplay that is too mediocre to really work.Still this is above average for the genre and despite a few silly moments, The Russian Specialist works fairly well. Also fans of Lundgren who wanted a sequel to Red Scorpion, here you go.Matt Bronson 2.5/5
Reviewed by target-10 6 / 10

Better than I expected

I just viewed "The Mechanik/Russian Specialist". It was a better movie than I expected. The basic plot has been done multiple times and I rate it favorably with other comparable movies. The action was good though in some instances a bit over the top. I would have liked to have seen more character development from the character Nick and the young kidnapped lady. Nick's character was too one dimensional. There were missed opportunities to develop these characters, (especially when they stayed overnight with the family in the countryside. (by the way, Bulgaria seems like it is a beautiful country). I think that the actors that portrayed that family did a superb job. The only real problem I had was during the Early scenes in the movie. The lighting was poor. I could barely see the actors. Overall, I was pleased with this movie.
Reviewed by eksellentz 5 / 10

Not that bad....

This is actually one of the few western movies about Russia and Russians that is not following official propaganda lines like "Russians-are-bad-people" or "bears-walking-in-the-streets-of-Moscow". More modern are for sure something like "no-freedom-of-speech" or "Putin-killed-that-London-spy" :) Anyway, this flick is NOT anything of that mentioned above. This is a story about crime, that's sure, but the movie is very objective with quite OK script and even not that bad acting. And it's actually filmed in Russia, not Prague or other places that would "look-like-Russia" for western viewers. :) There is just one major miss - once again Hollywood failed to find some Russians to play the parts of Russians :) - but hiring Bulgarians is still better that just having Americans pronouncing something completely ridiculous that should sound like "Russian" :) Funny, once more "The Big Swedish" - Dolph - is playing a Russian guy. :) :) Only this time a good one :)
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