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Deadly Force (2000)

Deadly Force poster
Original title
Убойная сила
Directed by
Viktor Buturlin, Aleksandr Rogozhkin, Evgeny Tatarsky
Genre
comedy, detective fiction, comedy television series, adventure, detective television series
Country
Russia
Length
6 seasons, 59 episodes
Rated
16+
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective show that follows a team of police officers solving crimes in Russia. It balances crime investigations with humor and references to movies and books.

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What happens

Deadly Force (Russian: Убойная сила, romanized: Uboinaya sila) is a Russian detective TV series, which first appeared on television in 2000. In total from 2000 to 2005 there were 6 seasons (57 episodes). It was released by Channel One Russia simultaneously as a spin-off series from Streets of Broken Lights and as its direct competitor. One of the defining characteristics of the series are its humorous pop-culture references, pertaining to Russian and international film, TV and literature. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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