RED MOB

Barely given a release outside of Russia, RED MOB played an important role in post-USSR cinema, with much of its cast and crew continuing on to create the highly successful NIGHT WATCH films. The year is 1992. The Soviet Union has fallen, but an unholy alliance remains between the mob and the KGB. Afghan war veteran Oleg runs a survivalist summer camp and his son is taken hostage as retribution for a friend’s refusal to lead a smuggling caravan. With no other options to save his son, Oleg agrees to lead the caravan himself and is pitted against a siege of violence. Despite its early-’90s production, RED MOB is staunchly situated in the stylistic tropes of late-’80s action blockbusters. Helicopter dogfights, incredibly staged explosions and death-defying action sequences abound.