Alien Girl
Chuzhaya (original title)
Director: Antom Bormatov
Cast
Natalia Romanycheva ... Alien
Evgeni Tkachuk ... Nimble
Kirill Poluhin ... Snot
Anatoli Otradnov ... Weight
Aleksandr Golubkov ... Baby
Evgeny Mundun ... Raspel
Genre: Drama | Criminal | Road movie
Runtime: 110 min`s
Sound: Russian
Subtitles: none
Region - 5 (Russia) PAL
"Alien Girl" is a sober look at the Russian criminal world of the 1990's. There are no colourful exaggerations, no attempts at glorifying criminals, no good guys and no happy endings. This is not Hollywood, this is real life.
Set in Kiev, Ukraine, a brigade of four gangsters is sent on a mission to Prague to retrieve a Russian girl who is to be used to keep her arrested brother's mouth shut.
The acting is superb all across the board, but special mentions go to Evgeni Tkachuk for playing Quick going through the mental stages of his misadventure and Aleksandr Golubkov for his role as Baby, the calm and collected leader of the quartet.
Konstantin Ernst himself got behind the camera for some scenes and helped direct, and he is to be commended on a job well done.
This film shows real criminal life, raw and gritty as it is.
