Newsmakers (2009)
Overview
A gang of crooks robbing cash collectors, run into a police surveillance team and the inadequate police response results in a gunfight. A TV crew on assignment in the area happens to capture this humiliation on camera, and this example of police incompetence is soon the lead story in every news bulletin. Public confidence in law and order now suffers irreparable harm. The head of the Moscow force welcomes a public search-and-destroy operation against these thugs, the brainchild of Katya, his PR director. She proposes that the capture of this dangerous gang be transformed into a live TV show of a kind never seen before. At this point she cannot know that the gang leader's life-and-death struggle with the police is destined to lead to a media duel. Besieged in a huge apartment block, the crooks hold hostage a father and his son and daughter. A massive special forces rescue operation is mounted but fails miserably.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $4,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ru |
| Popularity | 2.533 |
Directed By
Anders Banke
Crew
Alexandr Lungin
Chan Hing-Kai
Anders Banke
Yip Tin-Shing
Sam Klebanov
Grigori Pushkin
Sam Klebanov
Alexander Sizov
Peter Hiltunen
Anthony Lledo
Anna Katchko
Chris Maris
Magnus Paulsson
Fredrik Morheden
Irina Morozova
Asya Gusakova
Mikaël Meisen-Dietmann
Sean Wheelan
Anton Smekalkin
Roman Bazyuchenko
Andreas Hylander
Maxim Golubev
Taras Kashinskiy
Aleksandr Samokhvalov
Svetlana Trubanchuk
Anders Banke
Alexander Robin Jönsson
Niclas Merits
Johnnie To Kei-Fung
Yuliya Kronrod
TOP CAST
Andrey Merzlikin
Smirnov
Yevgeni Tsyganov
Herman
Masha Mashkova
Katya
Sergey Garmash
Killer
Maksim Konovalov
Kley
Aleksey Frandetti
Orda
Pavel Klimov
Kolyan
Sergey Vesnin
Kon
Artyom Semakin
Valery
Viktor Chepelov
Sanya
David Stepanyan
Hamlet
Oleg Chernigov
Mikhalych
Pyotr Rytov
Polyakov
Yuriy Shlykov
Boldyrev
Pavel Sukhov
Boldyrev's assistant
Yuliya Kronrod
girl with a scooter
Vasily Maslennikov
TV correspondent (voice)
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