Dead Man's Bluff (2005)

Original title

Жмурки

Directed by

Aleksei Balabanov

Genre

action film, crime film, black comedy film, satirical film

Country

Russia

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

16+

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 165 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1990s Russia, low-level gangsters navigate a world of chaos and violence where killing is common. The film follows their schemes and betrayals in a satirical portrait of lawlessness.

darkly comicgrittysatiricalchaoticviolentpacedbleaksardonic

What happens

Dead Man's Bluff or Zhmurki (Russian: Жмурки) is a 2005 Russian black comedy/crime film. Director Aleksei Balabanov, who directed Brother and Brother 2, uses cameo performances, by Russia's most prominent actors. The film depicts the anarchistic reality of the free-market streets of Russia in the beginning of the 1990s, where the only real liberty was the freedom to kill. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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