Newsmakers (2009)
A gang of crooks robbing cash collectors, run into a police surveillance team and the inadequate police response results in a gunfight. A TV crew on assignment in the area happens to capture this humiliation on camera, and this example of police incompetence is soon the lead story in every news bulletin. Public confidence in law and order now suffers irreparable harm. The head of the Moscow force welcomes a public search-and-destroy operation against these thugs, the brainchild of Katya, his PR director. She proposes that the capture of this dangerous gang be transformed into a live TV show of a kind never seen before. At this point she cannot know that the gang leader's life-and-death struggle with the police is destined to lead to a media duel. Besieged in a huge apartment block, the crooks hold hostage a father and his son and daughter. A massive special forces rescue operation is mounted but fails miserably.
Director: Anders Banke
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Andrey Merzlikin as Smirnov |
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Evgeny Tsyganov as Herman |
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Masha Mashkova as Katya |
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Sergey Garmash as Killer |
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Maksim Konovalov as Kley |
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Aleksey Frandetti as Orda |
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Pavel Klimov as Kolyan |
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Sergey Vesnin as Kon |
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Artyom Semakin as Valery |
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Viktor Chepelov as Sanya |
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David Stepanyan as Hamlet |
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Oleg Chernigov as Mikhalych |
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Pyotr Rytov as Polyakov |
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Yuriy Shlykov as Boldyrev |
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Pavel Sukhov as Boldyrev's assistant |
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Yuliya Kronrod as girl with a scooter |
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Anton Fedorov as |
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Vasily Maslennikov as TV correspondent (voice) |
| Writing | Alexandr Lungin | Writer |
| Writing | Chan Hing-Kai | Writer |
| Directing | Anders Banke | Director |
| Writing | Yip Tin-Shing | Writer |
| Writing | Sam Klebanov | Writer |
| Art | Grigori Pushkin | Production Design |
| Production | Sam Klebanov | Producer |
| Production | Alexander Sizov | Co-Producer |
| Production | Peter Hiltunen | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Anthony Lledo | Music |
| Production | Anna Katchko | Producer |
| Crew | Chris Maris | Cinematography |
| Production | Magnus Paulsson | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Fredrik Morheden | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irina Morozova | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Asya Gusakova | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Mikaël Meisen-Dietmann | Additional Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Sean Wheelan | VFX Supervisor |
| Crew | Anton Smekalkin | Stunt Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Roman Bazyuchenko | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Andreas Hylander | VFX Supervisor |
| Camera | Maxim Golubev | Additional Director of Photography |
| Crew | Taras Kashinskiy | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Aleksandr Samokhvalov | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Svetlana Trubanchuk | Casting Director |
| Camera | Anders Banke | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Alexander Robin Jönsson | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Niclas Merits | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Johnnie To | Original Film Writer |
| Directing | Yuliya Kronrod | First Assistant Director |
