Red Serpent is a 2003 Russian-German action adventure film directed by Gino Tanasescu.
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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.
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
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.
BadComedian called the Tanasescu film "stupidity, idiocy and nonsense".
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.