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Best movie ever!

Look - the situation is this: I've got two toddlers, a tired wife, an allotment and a full time job. When I sit down to watch a film I'm not there to be mildly amused by the juxtaposition of social hierarchies or what have you - I want things to move briskly, blow up, be gory, be naked, be crazy and above all not be boring. Hence: I like films like this.This film is set in some futuristic Russia where people can plug themselves directly into things. I'm not really sure if any of that was explained but the plugging in aspect seemed to involve fulfilling your dreams via cable or something. Anyhoo - Rutger is a smuggler smugling some biomechanical circuits when he's double crossed by his buddy Machis and shot in the head. His missus, who betrayed him, also gets shot in the head but when the Russian army turn up they burn her and get right to reviving Rutger using some sophisticamated doo-whackies. Obviously, when Rutger wakes up all he wants to do is shoot his partner in the head two or three hundred times.Rutger sets out to kill everything (which is endorsed by the folks who revived him for reasons I couldn't quite understand) and therefore travels through Moscow in a series of set pieces which convey to me that the film had a higher budget than I thought or else filming in Russian is very cheap. Either way, the set design in this film is something to behold. Very impressive indeed.Anyhoo - Rutger hooks up with a hooker (Yvonne Scio) who also played his missus at the start (err..not sure why) and tries to track down Machis...However, it turns out that Machis is only the icing on the cake when it comes to Russian crime syndicates.Look - The story is flimsy as hell, and director Tibor (something or other) seems to realise this, and therefore fills the film full of nudity and gore. Believe me when I say this, but this film had more naked women than I've seen outside of Italian cinema. Ever Rutger gets to do the nasty with Yvonne Scio (an Italian Scream Queen arriving 20 years too late), on several occasions, and if that ain't enough, he even gets attacked by naked assassins.Add to that the gore (a guy having his fingers cut off and being fed them), and Rutger being attacked by machine gun wielding tramps - what are you waiting for? Oh, the ending? Lame, but the rest of the film is entertaining enough.

This has got to be the WORST Rutger Hauer movie EVER made. I have got to think that his agent is such an a**hole that Mr. Hauer needs to make some changes. Look at his filmography!!! Although many of his films really sucked, there were MANY that were fantastic. "Blade Runner" was one of his best, but I refuse to go into all the rest of his movies. Go look at his filmography. This movie is one of the worst "C" grade movies I have ever seen. The plot didn't work, the flow really sucked big time, I found myself fast-forwarding through MOST of the stupid dialog, which, upon looking at afterward, I was correct at, and the director, the producer, and anyone else who had anything to do with this movie, need to find new agents.

Who are the people saying this movie is good? I am a huge Rutger And Dacascos fan, which is why I rented this clunker! Let this serve as a warning to others: Rent this at your own risk!The plot, which is senseless, is thin is some areas and then so convoluted in others, you feel as if you are on a roller coaster. This movie begins on a tepid note and limps along. There are so many question unanswered. Of course, there are the gratuitous nudity and violence that all these low budget stinkers throw in to attempt to mask the fact that there is no plot. The nude assassin scene just screams "desperate attempt."The acting, if you want to call it that, was mediocre at best. Dacascos and Rutger are usually very good in their roles. I am sure the fact that there was a terrible story line to work with didn't help to make them look any better. Both of these actors seem as if they are on valium and just flying on autopilot. Everyone in this movie has the emotional range of an android who's batteries are getting low. The female lead gives bad acting a whole new meaning. It seems that these low budget eastern European "films" just throw everything together. Anyone who needs work and is willing to throw away their reputation (past, present, or future) can make a quick buck by appearing in or working on pathetic films such as this one! Lousy, underacted, confusing, sleep inducing...... This movie would have gotten a zero had that option been available.

Actually this is just another thirteen in a dozen movie, you'd think. But the location (Russia) makes the movie a bit more original and gives it a certain atmosphere and second Hauer is acting very convincing. These kind off roles (mysterious ruthless man) are perfect for him..