Red Serpent

Red Serpent
Red Serpent
	DVD poster
Directed by	Gino Tanasescu
Written by	Drew Fleming; Cyndy Kuipers; George Lascu
Produced by	Oleg Kapanets;
Starring	Michael Pare ; Roy Scheider; Oleg Taktarov
Cinematography	Andrey Zhegalov; Andrey Belkanov
Edited by	Matt Harry
Music by	Kenneth Burgomaster ; John Valentino ; Alexey Belov
Production; companies	Kremlin Films ; Rex Media
Release date	September 3, 2003;
Running time	92 min.
Countries	Russia; Germany
Languages	Russian; English
Budget	$5 000 000

Red Serpent is a 2003 Russian-German action adventure film directed by Gino Tanasescu.

Plot

Steve Nichols comes to Moscow to conclude a contract. Unbeknownst to Steve, he has to become a front for transporting drugs supplied by a local gangster nicknamed Red Serpent. And his personal consent is just a technical matter.

The only hope for the trapped businessman is the former KGB officer Sergei Popov, who has old scores with the Serpent.^[1]

Cast

Michael Pare as Steve Nichols
Roy Scheider as Hassan (Red Serpent)
Oleg Taktarov as Sergey Popov
Alexander Nevsky as Peter
John Mastando as Dylan Navarre
Irina Apeksimova as Sasha
Yuriy Dumchev as Shifty
Gary Kasper as Ivan Kutuza
Andris Lielais as Medvedev^[2]
Vladimir Zaitsev as Gurov
Egor Pazenko as Boris

Critical response

Russian film critic Valery Kichin considered the film unspectacular and boring, giving it a rating of 1 out of 10.^[3]

BadComedian called the Tanasescu film "stupidity, idiocy and nonsense".^[4]

Reviewer Andrey Volkov (Postcriticism.ru) named only the performance of some actors as a plus, but in general he described the film as far from professional cinema.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Red Serpent at KinoPoisk
^ Кино-театр.ру (2023-02-11). "Красный змей (2003): актёры и роли". kino-teatr.ru. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
^ Валерий Кичин (2003-04-08). "Медвежья болезнь". Российская газета. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
^ BadComedian (2017-02-27). "Невский: Начало". YouTube. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
^ Андрей Волков (2021-04-27). "Первый боевик Невского". Postcriticism. Retrieved 2023-03-09.

External links

Red Serpent at IMDb

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[кп-1] Red Serpent at KinoPoisk

[2] Кино-театр.ру (2023-02-11). "Красный змей (2003): актёры и роли". kino-teatr.ru. Retrieved 2023-03-14.

[3] Валерий Кичин (2003-04-08). "Медвежья болезнь". Российская газета. Retrieved 2023-03-09.

[4] BadComedian (2017-02-27). "Невский: Начало". YouTube. Retrieved 2023-03-09.

[5] Андрей Волков (2021-04-27). "Первый боевик Невского". Postcriticism. Retrieved 2023-03-09.

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