Beyond the Edge (2018 film)
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Aleksandr Boguslavskiy Francesco Cinquemani |
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| Cinematography | Vyacheslav Lisnevskiy |
| Edited by | Andrey Anaykin |
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| Distributed by | Karoprokat |
Release date | March 1, 2018 |
Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | English, Russian |
| Box office | $1 016 081[1] |
Beyond the Edge (Russian: За гранью реальности, translit. Za granyu realnosti) is a 2018 Russian action fantasy film directed by Aleksandr Boguslavskiy and Francesco Cinquemani. A film the adventurer Michael, who turns the scam in a European casino. It stars Milos Bikovic, Antonio Banderas and Lyubov Aksyonova.[2]
The film was released in Russia on March 1, 2018.
Plot
Michael is a talented gambler who thinks his every move ahead and counts only on himself. He pulls out a bold, smart scheme at a luxury European casino. It took him several months to plan the whole thing, every detail was thought through. Michael rolls out his scheme brilliantly until he finds himself up against a mysterious rival (aristocratic Alex) at a poker table. During the game Michael’s cards mysteriously change in his hands. He loses everything, and his scheme gets blown up. Victor – a cruel and dangerous casino owner – is sure that Michael and Alex work together. Victor says that Michael must repay a huge debt – everything that Alex won – and gives him a week to do that.
Michael seems to be facing a deadlock but he has a bright idea. He gathers a team of experts with superpowers to quickly win at a casino and repay the debt. Superpowers of his team members help Michael skip a long preparation process.
Eric is a rich kid, a party boy who has a slight power of telekinesis. He uses the power of his thought to move small objects (e.g., a roulette ball or cubes). Tony is a taxi driver who controls the electrics, devices and tools. For example, he can turn a camera away at the right time. Kevin is a hypnotist, autist who can put any thought into anyone’s head for a short period of time.
Veronika is the last person to join the team. She is a telepath who can hear and transmit thoughts at a distance. Her power helps Michael communicate with his team so that no security service at a casino would catch them.
Michael and his ‘supernatural’ team go to a very expensive casino to win big. But at the game he finds himself up against that mystical rival and ends up in a deadlock putting in danger himself and his team that he has grown to love. To save his friends and his girlfriend the lead character will have to go above and beyond.
Cast
- Milos Bikovic as Michael
- Antonio Banderas as Gordon
- Lyubov Aksyonova as Veronika
- Yevgeny Stychkin as Tony
- Yuri Chursin as Kevin, hypnotist, member of the scam team Michael
- Aristarkh Venes as Eric
- Petar Zekavica as Alex
- Sergey Astakhov as Victor
- Nikita Dyuvbanov as Leon
- Alessandra Starr Ward as female supervisor
Production
Milos Bikovic wanted his character to tell Gordon (Antonio Banderas) the phrase. As a result, director Aleksandr Boguslavskiy decided to play with Bikovich in roulette for this phrase. Bikovich won and the remark was added to the film.
To make the scam turned out by the heroes of the film to look as plausible as possible, the creators of the project turned to the person advising the casino on protection from various types of fraud.
Scenes in an underground casino in a plane in a forest were shot in a real Il-76 plane, inside of which a game room was built.
Filming
Filming lasted a month and took place in March–February 2016.
Shooting scenes in the casino was conducted in the operating casino "Oracul", located in "Azov-City", the first federal gambling zone on the border of the Rostov Oblast and the Krasnodar Krai. In addition, they filmed in the former gambling establishment "Golden Palace" and a number of episodes were filmed in the hotel "Kosmos" (both buildings are located in Moscow).