Mafia: The Game of Survival

Mafia: The game of Survival
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Sarik Andreasyan
Produced by
  • Sarik Andreasyan
  • Ghevond Andreasyan
  • Vladimir Polyakov
  • Max Oleynikov
  • Nikita Argunov
Written by
  • Andrei Gavrilov
Starring
  • Viktor Verzhbitsky
  • Veniamin Smekhov
  • Yuri Chursin
Music by Roman Vishnevsky
Alim Zairov
Cinematography Anton Zenkovich
Edited by Georgiy Isaakyan
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Karoprokat
Release date
  • January 1, 2016 (2016-01-01)
[1]
Running time
 91 minutes
Country Russia
Language Russian
Budget $12-15 million[2][3]
Box office US$7.4 million[4]

Mafia: The game of Survival (Russian: Мафия: Игра на выживание) is a 2016 Russian science fiction action film directed by Sarik Andreasyan and written by Andrei Gavrilov.[3] It was inspired by a popular party game Mafia. The movie was released in Russia on January 1, 2016.

Plot

Moscow, 2072. The card game Mafia became the most popular television show in the world. Eleven people gather at the table to find out — who are innocent civilians and who is ruthless Mafia. The world is going to see a cocktail of emotions and feelings: fear, lie, pain, pride, passion, love and death. The winner will receive a huge cash prize, and the loser will just die.

Cast

  • Viktor Verzhbitsky as Supreme Organizer game
  • Veniamin Smekhov as Luka Sergeyevich
  • Yuri Chursin as Konstantin
  • Vyacheslav Razbegaev as Vladimir
  • Andrey Chadov as Ilya
  • Vadim Tsallati as Kirill
  • Violetta Getmanskaya as Katerina
  • Natalia Rudova as Marie
  • Eugene Koryakovsky as Pyotr
  • Alexey Grishin as Krivoy
  • Artyom Suchkov as Ivan
  • Karen Badalov as Psychologist
  • Vsevolod Kuznetsov as Lead Voice
  • Alexander Gagarinov as Kirill's friend

Release

The film was released in Russia on January 1, 2016. It was released in China on October 14, 2016.[5]

Reception

Box office

The film grossed US$4.2 million in Russia and the CIS and US$3.1 million in China,[4] to worldwide total of 7,4 million, against an approximately $12 to $15 million budget. It is considered a box office bomb.

Critical reception

Reception of Mafia: The Game of Survival in Russian media was negative.[6][7] It was largely ignored by mainstream criticians, because Enjoy Movies did not screen the movie for press. According to review aggregator Kritikanstvo.ru, only 8 reviews were published, and most of them were strongly negative, including reviews from KG-Portal,[8] 25 kadr[9] and Kinokadr.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ KP
  2. ↑ Бюджет фильма Мафия: Игра на выживание
  3. 1 2 Kozlov, Vladimir (December 16, 2015). "Russian Sci-Fi Film From 'American Heist' Director Sells Internationally". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Mafia: Survival Game". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  5. ↑ "暗杀游戏（2016）". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  6. ↑ Рецензии на фильм Мафия: Игра на выживание / Mafia (2015), отзывы
  7. ↑ Мафия: Игра на выживание - отзывы о фильме
  8. ↑ Рецензия на фильм «Мафия. Игра на выживание» / Mafia
  9. ↑ Мафия: Игра на выживание, 2015 - "25-й кадр" | Независимый журнал о кино
  10. ↑ Мафия: Игра на выживание: Сарик-пересмешник | Кинокадр
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.