Underplayed Gems

The Last Warrior (2017)

The Last Warrior poster
Original title
Последний богатырь
Directed by
Dmitry Dyachenko
Genre
fantasy film, comedy film, action film, adventure film, children's film
Country
Russia
Runtime
1h 54m
Rated
12
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 214 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A man from modern Moscow is transported into a magical world where he discovers he is a bogatyr, a legendary hero from Russian folklore. He must navigate encounters with classic fairy tale villains like Baba Yaga and Koschei.

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What happens

The Last Knight, also known as The Last Warrior (Russian: Последний богатырь, romanized: Poslyedniy bogatyr', lit. 'The Last Bogatyr') is a 2017 Russian-language fantasy comedy film directed by Dmitriy Dyachenko. The story develops around Baba Yaga and Koschei, both villains in traditional Russian fairy tales (as well as the fairy tales of other Slavic countries). The film was produced by the American film companies The Walt Disney Company CIS together with the Russian film companies Yellow, Black and White and Kinoslovo. The film stars Viktor Khorinyak, Mila Sivatskaya, Elena Yakovleva, Ekaterina Vilkova, Konstantin Lavronenko and Yevgeny Dyatlov. It was scheduled to have a wide release on October 26, 2017. As of November 26, 2017, the film became the highest-grossing local-language release of all time in Russia, surpassing Stalingrad with 1.68 billion rubles ($28.8 million) and topping out at $30.5 million. In Russia, the film holds the 12th place biggest box-office audiences. This was Disney Russia's second film produced specifically for the Russian market, with the first being The Book of Masters (2009). A sequel, titled The Last Warrior: Root of Evil, was released in January 2021 and a third film, The Last Warrior: A Messenger of Darkness, was released in December 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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