- The Mechanik
Infobox Film
name = The Mechanik
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caption = "The Mechanik" DVD cover
director =Dolph Lundgren
producer = Anton Hoeger
writer =Dolph Lundgren Bryan Edward Hill
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starring =Dolph Lundgren Ben Cross Ivan Petrushinov Olivia Lee Raicho Vasilev
music =Elia Cmiral
cinematography = Ross W. Clarkson
editing = Joe Plenys
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released = October 3, 2005
runtime = 94 min
country = GER
USA
language = Russian
English
budget = $ 4,000,000
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imdb_id = 0435696"The Mechanik" (released as "The Russian Specialist" in the United States) is a
2005 film starring and directed byDolph Lundgren Written byBryan Edward Hill and co-starringBen Cross .Plot
Retired Russian Special Forces hit man Nikolai "Nick" Cherenko (
Dolph Lundgren ) is a simple man trying to live a simple life in his small Russian town.He has a pretty wife named Alina (
Hilda van der Meulen ), a son named Vanya (Naum Shopov ), and a successful profession as an automobile mechanic. But one day, Russian mob boss Sasha Popov (Ivan Petrushinov ) and his gang come to town.Caught in the crossfire is Nick's family; when the smoke clears, Alina and Vanya lie dead in the streets. Nick arms himself and tracks down Sasha and his gang, cornering them in a drug deal and laying waste.
Years later, Nick emigrates to the U.S. and takes a job as a car mechanic in Los Angeles. And then wealthy Mary Abramoff (
Levana Finkelstein ) tracks him down.She pleads with him to go to Russia and retrieve her daughter Julia (
Olivia Lee ), who's been kidnapped and forced into the sex trade.Mary knows Nick's past, and, though he is initially reluctant, when she shows him a picture of the kidnapper, he changes his mind: it's Sasha Popov, somehow alive after Nick shot him in the face years ago.
Nick hops the next plane to St. Petersburg, Russia, and he hooks up with a band of mercenaries led by British mercenary William Burton (
Ben Cross ).Their mission is clear: free Julia from Sasha, and mow down anyone who stands in their way.
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Shero Rauf – digital effects artistExternal links
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* [http://www.joblo.com/reviews.php?mode=joblo_dvds&id=1139 Review of The Russian Specialist]
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