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The muscle-bound Swedish screen icon Dolph Lundgren, who rose to fame as boxer Ivan Drago in Rocky IV and held the title role in The Punisher, makes his sophomore directorial effort with the straight-... read more read more...to-video actioner The Russian Specialist (aka The Mechanik), a U.S./German co-production. Nick Cherenko (Lundgren), a Soviet Special Forces agent living and working in Russia, must flee the country when bloodthirsty gangsters massacre his wife and child. On the lam with his safety on the line, Cherenko escapes to Los Angeles, where he slips into a quiet, nonchalant life as an auto mechanic -- that is, until he is offered a massive amount of blood money to hunt down a kidnapper who abducted a young Russian heiress and to bring the girl back to the arms of her parents unscathed. Cherenko refuses -- until he discovers, by wild coincidence, that the kidnapper is the same Mafioso who rubbed out his next of kin. Packing heat, Cherenko does an about-face and hightails it to Russia to see that justice is served. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 34 min.

Directed by: Dolph Lundgren

Release Date: October 3, 2005

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DVD Release Date: February 14, 2006

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  • allan913
    March 29, 2010
    allan913
    An awesome and sensational action-packed thrill-ride. It's hard-boiled, stylish, thrilling and well-crafted from its star. Dolph Lundgren is terrific, he delivers a great performance and crafts a great action film showing great promise as a director. A great piece of revenge cine... read morema. It's wickedly cool and exhilarating from beginning to end. It truly is one of Lundgren's best films yet. It's explosive, exciting and adrenaline-pumping. It explodes with pulse-pounding action in intense doses. It's sharp, stunning, riveting and surprisingly emotionally effective. An nail-biting and powerful edge of your seat action-thriller that packs a wallop.
  • briandeguelle
    July 31, 2009
    briandeguelle
    Surprisingly good B action movie with poor man dolph doing would he does best! The acting is very good for this type of movie with some excellant action shoot outs.Dont get me wrong its is your grade B stuff and looks it too bujt dolph who directs this this does a descent job .Wo... read morerth a look if you like these type of action movies because for a change this a very good stuff!
  • rageofsadako2008
    January 7, 2009
    rageofsadako2008
    Wicked awesome Dolph Lundgren movie. Lots of shootouts, nods to westerns, pretentious direction (from the big guy himself), Dolph as a Russian again, and a good linear story. My one gripe (and constant source of entertainment) are the wardrobe choices for Dolph at key points in t... read morehe movie (he's wearing some kind of hat that looks like he got it @ the kids table at Long John Silvers in the beginning, and he's wearing this skin tight sleeveless mechanics uniform in another scene); however, the gripes aren't major. In all fairness, I honestly think this was theater-quality, with how well put together it was. With his directorial efforts, he obviously puts a lot of care into the quality control. A great movie for Dolph's longtime DTV fans and those who want to see some old fashioned ass-kicking.
  • johnyg5150
    November 27, 2007
    johnyg5150
    Advertised to be Dolph Lundgren as this Russian Badass - falls WAY short. Slow-motion scenes throughout to supposedly make it more dramatic....stick to bad acting Dolph!!
  • mgemini26
    September 6, 2007
    mgemini26
    i think THE RUSSIAN IS A TWEAKEN MOVIE I CAN WATCH IT 500 TIMES AND NOT GET SICK OF IT I LIKE ALL OF DOLPH'S MOVIE'S

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David Nusair
March 4, 2006
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Ultimately, The Russian Specialist isn't quite as effective as its premise might've indicated... Full Review

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