It's quite hard to categorise this film. I've see it called a horror , a western and a comedy and i guess it's a but of all of those but one thing i'm in no doubt about and that this is a gem of a movie.
This is a Russian film about a young woman who asks her boyfriend to kill her father because he abused her as a child , (or so she says ),but when he gets to her fathers apartment he find's her old man is more than a match .
I love this film.
It's deliciously violent but not in a horrible way. There are buckets of blood and an amazing amount of brutality but never did i feel it was nasty. It's almost like a cartoon. Not unlike Tom & Jerry or Road Runner . Nobody dies easily , hence the title , and when they do it's actually funny , if that makes any sense?
It has a great soundtrack . There is classical music , modern music and even a Spaghetti western score.
I can't recommend this highly enough. Don't let the subtitles put you off because it's all about the physicality and clever camera shots.
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Plot summary
Andrei, a detective and the world's most horrible father, brings together a terrible group of people in his apartment: his resentful actress daughter, an angry thug, and a cheated cop. Each one of them has a reason to want revenge..
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Russian blood to the head
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Matvei (Aleksandr Kuznetsov ) loves Olya (Evgeniya Kregzhde ). Her father Andrei (Vitaliy Khaev) is a large police detective. She tells Matvei about the forced incest. Matvei sets out to kill Andrei but fails leading to a lot of blood. He also discover Andrei has a large stash of US bills.
This is a Russian dark comedy with subtitles. I found it entertaining as the plot would turn. I was hoping for a more complex twist such as an enemy of Andrei had someone pretend to be his daughter to set up Matvei. Such was not the case.
Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.
Dense Story Telling, Sometimes Excessive!
Warning for sensitive people: This movie contains very explicit violence, very hard visualized violence and bloody scenes - liters of blood. The story beginns slowly with a guy who wants to kill a man, who he believes has raped his own daughter. The man is a police man - an investigator - so the situation escalates.
The story is shown from different angles and times. The time jumps are ok, because they are a continous part of story telling. Time by time other characters are added, so the story becomes enhanced until the end, with a few turns in it. Clever story! :D
Most of the story happens in one flat, but there are several side scenarios, especially in the time jumps. The violent scenes are greatly exaggerated visually, to show the audience some blood showers. But on the other hand it is also very comedic and always ballances on a fine line to not get too serious. I think it's the mix of story telling, good camera shots, good cutting, good acting, gory visuals and humor that makes it interesting. There is also some weired folk music, which makes it even more bizarre. I really liked it.