''Antikiller'' (russian: italic=yes, Антикиллер) is a 2002 Russian

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combi ...

directed by Egor Konchalovsky. It portrays a brutal war between obnoxious crime gangs and a one-man vigilante, a former police officer. The movie is based on Danil Koretsky’s novel of the same name, which has sold five million copies in the countries of the former Soviet Union and has acquired cult status among readers of Russian pulp fiction. Like the novel, the film became the box office leader among Russian films in 2002.

Plot

Former criminal investigator, Major Korenev, nicknamed Fox, gets out of jail, where he spent many years after being betrayed by his corrupt colleagues, and settles scores with his old and new enemies. The film uncovers the anatomy of the beginning of Russian economical boom which began the in 1990s and the many varieties of crime which came with it. Fox (

Gosha Kutsenko Yuriy Georgiyevich Kutsenko (russian: Ю́рий Гео́ргиевич Куце́нко; born 20 May 1967), better known as Gosha Kutsenko (russian: Гоша Куценко), is a Russian actor, producer, singer, poet, and screenwriter. In 2008, ...

) went to jail when the Soviet Union was still alive, but returns from prison to a new country, Russia, which the film portrays as a lawless post-industrial wasteland ruled by competing criminal gangs. Fox settles accounts with Shaman (

Aleksandr Baluev Aleksandr Nikolaevich Baluev (russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Балу́ев; born 6 December 1958) is a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor who appeared in more than 100 films and numerous stage productions since 1980. ...

), the criminal boss who sent him to jail; kills Ape (

Viktor Sukhorukov Viktor Ivanovich Sukhorukov PAR (russian: Виктор Иванович Сухоруков; born 10 November 1951) is a Russian actor. He has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1974. He starred in ''Happy Days'' (1991), w ...

), a sadistic gang leader who kills and rapes randomly for art's sake; topples the city's major gangs; and reestablishes his version of the rule of law. The only criminal boss who survives the war among the major gangs is "Cross" ( Sergei Shakurov), whose ascetic and down to earth style helps him to unseat the kingpin "Father" (

Mikhail Ulyanov Mikhail Ulyanov may refer to: * Mikhail Alexandrovich Ulyanov, actor * Mikhail Ivanovich Ulyanov Mikhail Ivanovich Ulyanov (russian: Михаил Иванович Ульянов; born 23 August 1953) is a Russian foreign service officer who sin ...

) modeled on Don

Vito Corleone Vito Corleone (born Vito Andolini) is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel ''The Godfather'' and in the first two of Francis Ford Coppola's film trilogy. Vito is originally portrayed by Marlon Brando in the 1972 film ''The Godfathe ...

Cast

as Major Korenev, aka Fox. *

as Father *

Sergey Shakurov Sergey Kayumovich Shakurov (russian: Сергей Каюмович Шакуров, tt-Cyrl, Сергей Каюм улы Шәкүров, translit=Sergey Qayum ulı Şäkürov; born 1 January 1942) is a Soviet and Russian actor of theater. He has ...

as Cross * Aleksandr Belyavskiy as King * Ivan Bortnik as Bedbug *

Valentin Golubenko Valentin is a male given name meaning "strong, healthy, power, rule, terco". It comes from the Latin name ''Valentinus'', as in Saint Valentin. Commonly found in Spain, Romania, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Scandinavia, Latin America ...

as Gangreen *

as Shaman *

Yevgeni Sidikhin Yevgeny Vladimirovich Sidikhin (russian: Евге́ний Влади́мирович Сиди́хин) is a Russian film and theater actor and television presenter. Early life and education Sidikhin was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet ...

as Barcass *

as Ambal * Mikhail Yefremov as Banker *

Viktoriya Tolstoganova Viktoriya Viktorovna Tolstoganova (russian: Виктория Викторовна Толстоганова; born 24 March 1972) is a Russian film and theater actress. Biography Viktoriya Tolstoganova was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Uni ...

as Tamara * Vyacheslav Razbegaev as Metis * Polina Sidikhina as daughter of mobster "Longboat" *

Yuriy Dumchev Yuriy Eduardovich Dumchev (russian: Юрий Эдуардович Думчев; 5 August 1958 – 10 February 2016) was a Russian track and field athlete for the Soviet Union, who set the world record in the men's discus throw on 29 May 1983 with a ...

as Valet * Vyacheslav Molokov as Bobovkin * Sergey Veksler as Major Litvinov

External links

* 2002 films 2000s Russian-language films Russian crime action films Films based on Russian novels Russian vigilante films 2000s crime action films 2000s vigilante films {{2000s-crime-film-stub