Grigory dobrygin was an unknown cast in the lead but many older, famous russian actors populate the film. Russian superhero film black lightning in hd original title. Production values in russia have gone way up, and besides bekambetov, this film features some many of the brightest stars in russian cinema including viktor verzhbitskiy daywatch and admiral. The seahorse motel motel from the first episode is the economy inn in decatur. Black lightning season 3 streaming sub ita altadefinizione. Oct 20, 2009 black lightning is the new russian scifiaction film produced by timur bekmambetov director of nightwatch, daywatch, and wanted, directed by alexandr voitinsky. With plenty of action, a story built around a flying vintage. Black lightning is back for another season after a successful first run on the cw tvs first black superhero and the rest of his family continue to fight against crime, social issues, and tobias. A new clip from the russian scifi hit black lightning. Black lightning is a russian film produced by wanted director timur bekmambetov. An old volga 21 a fathers gift suddenly starts flying like a jet fighter. Jan 02, 2010 black lightning the latest film to hit the big screen in moscow has been dubbed russias answer to batman and transformers. The 2009 russian film black lightning produced as all russian movies apparently are by night watchs timur bekmambetov uses the same plot, but asks the one important question spiderman left dangling.
Black lightning is recruited as an undercover cop to infiltrate ricky rodriguez, also known as the mexecutioner, and find out where a major drug deal is about to happen. Its about a boy who gets an antique soviet car as a present from his father and finds out that. Black lightning is an american superhero television drama series, developed by salim akil, that premiered on the cw on january 16, 2018. It had the most cgi effects of any russian made film up to this point. Black lightning soviet and russian movies in english online. The action is fun and exciting to watch if occasionally a little cheesy, and. A theatrical trailer for the upcoming russian superhero actionadventure movie the black lighting. The russian scifi film hits vod in north america next week and twitch has released a new clip from the movie, which you can watch below. The action is fun and exciting to watch if occasionally a little cheesy, and the ironic humour in the script is funny and endearing. The film is about a moscow university student who discovers that his otherwise unremarkable car can fly. Film follows a kid who, after receiving a beat up old car from his father, becomes a superhero after discovering that this same car can fly. Black lightning chyornaya molniya 2009 rotten tomatoes. Timur bekmambetov may produce remake of his russian.
Essentially its being called the russian response to. Tobias sows chaos in the city as he goes after black lightning s power source, and jennifer seeks redemption after a mission gone awry. Awesome trailer for russian flying car film black lightning. Russian trailer for the russian adventure film black lightning, which is produced by timur bekmambetov. Black lightning 2009 directed by dmitry kiselev, aleksandr. Black lightning was shooting on location in the junction of joseph e. A sequel is therefore unlikely, but movie producers make sequels out of anything these days, so a black lightning 2 is not completely impossible.
Sure some will say that this is just a russian version of spiderman. Nastya eventually thinks that dimas best friend is black lightning. While it is a russian movie, that should not be a reason to skip out on watching the movie, because it is fun and entertaining. Black lightning delivers exactly what its makers intended, a distinctly russian and wellexecuted superhero story, and in doing so it provides a unique homage to the gaz21 volga. I first blogged about the russian film chernaya molniya, a. Black lightning is a show that doesnt concern itself with being chill. Black lightning is slickly shot though, with a convincing setting. The feature was produced by gotham pictures company. Some of you may remember hearing about this russian scifi action movie called black lightning before, about a flying volga. Black lightning 2009 russia black lightning aka chernaya molniya 2009 russia imdb directed by dmitriy kiselev and aleksandr voytinskiy written by dmitriy aleynikov and aleksandr talal, based on an idea by aleksandr voytinskiy and mikhail vrubel and dmitriy aleynikov, with participation from rostislav krivitskiy and vladimir neklyudov. The hero car is one of the stars of the movie, and almost every part of its exterior and interior is featured on screen, including the beautifully detailed leaping.
Prints of the film are preserved at the russian state film archive gosfilmofond and in california at the ucla film and television archive. Granted, the movie does contain ideas and motives from other superhero movies, yet the russian cast has managed to present the story in whole new light. Teaser trailer for the russian adventure film black lightning, which is produced by timur bekmambetov. The young man who played black lightning looked amazingly like hayden christenson from jumper and the second set of star wars movies.
It is about a 1966issue volga car one of the soviet unions makes that dmitry maikov, a high school student, is given by his father. Cress williams stars as the titular character alongside china anne mcclain, nafessa williams, christine adams, marvin jones. The second screening of the russian film series, kiselev and voytinskiys 2009 action blockbuster black lightning, will take place wednesday, october 7th at 6. Watch black lightning add to watchlist this superhero film, directed by alexandr voitinsky and produced by fantasy film guru, timur bekmambetov, follows a young university student in moscow who is given a car with extraordinary capabilities. Everyone is welcome, including students of all levels of russian knowledge. As codirected by alexander voitinsky and dmitry kiselev and produced by timur bekmambetov, the russian language science fiction thriller black lightning concerns a student, whose life turns a.
It was dubbed in english so there were no annoying subtitles. Dec 12, 20 a derivative yet strangely charming blend of every western superhero film of the last decade, combined with russias love of furlined clothing and dance clubs, make black lightning a film worth checking out. Jun 30, 2010 some of you may remember hearing about this russian scifi action movie called black lightning before, about a flying volga. If you were fortunate enough to watch either of russian. Dont forget to listen to our episode and check out our custom cocktail and drinking rules either.
Visually then black lightning is quite a treat for the eyes. Its a story about an ordinary moscow student grigoriy dobrygin, who transforms into a hero, a city. Black lightning russian flying car out on dvd so does anyone know if the recent timur bekmambetov producted film black lightning has english subtitles on the russian bluraydvd release. Oct 19, 2009 no, sorry, this is not a film about the dc comics character of the same name, even though this black lightning is a superhero movie. Black lightning jefferson pierce is a superhero appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. Universal remaking russian flying car movie black lightning. Timur bekmambetov presents black lightning, the first russian superhero action thriller. What would you choose just have fun or protect the people you love and save your city from evil. Released 2009, black lightning stars grigoriy dobrygin, ekaterina vilkova, valeriy zolotukhin, ekaterina vasileva the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 39 min, and received a score of out of. Black lightning has elements of back to the future, the fifth element and even spiderman to it, sure, but it is still original in its own right. Some also see it as the beginning for the revival of the russian film industry.
Movie info as codirected by alexander voitinsky and dmitry kiselev and produced by timur bekmambetov, the russianlanguage science fiction thriller black lightning. The russian film makers of black lightning chernaya molniya readily admit that they based the concept on american super heroes. Hogan and starring thunder the marvel dog supported by clara bow and other all star cast. Black lightning flying justice comes to russia rt world news. Next month marvel releases its eagerly awaited black panther movie. Black lightning 2010 drinking game and podcast alcohollywood. Black lightning is a russian superhero film about a moscow university student who discovers that his otherwise unremarkable car can fly. All films in the series are in russian with english subtitles. Its a story about an ordinary moscow student who transforms into a hero, a city defender. Black lightning is a 2009 russian action superhero film directed by alexandr voitinsky and dmitriy kiselev, and produced by timur bekmambetov. Black lightning nude scenes 32 images and 14 videos including appearances from madison bailey nafessa williams chantal thuy. Variety recently reported that universal is in talks with timur to direct an english language remake of black lightning.
When timur bekmambetov director of wanted is the driving force behind a movie, you expect something entertaining. According to the film, the flying car black lightning weighs four tons, accelerates to 300 kmh and can hang in the air. There is not necessarily anything very new in this film. It is about a 1966issue volga car one of the soviet. A theatrical trailer for the upcoming russian superhero action adventure movie the black lighting. According to moviemaps, the alley where black lightning resurrects in the first episode is located south of cone, east of walton streets in downtown atlanta. The movie opens with some construction workers finding an old car they sell to a man who gives it to his college aged son dima, as a birthday gift. Black lightning russian teaser trailer 2010 teaser trailer for the russian adventure film black lightning, which is produced by timur. Essentially its being called the russian response to transformers and. Watch black lightning english subtitled prime video. The team behind black lightning are also hoping the film can revive the russian film industry. Elements of superman, batman and spiderman can be seen throughout. We last wrote about it back in march when we featured some of the early concept art for the film.
Black lightning movie trailer russian kazakh filmmaker timur bekmambetovs answer to batman and transformers is a superhero movie about a boy and his flying car. Production values in russia have gone way up, and besides bekambetov, this film features some many of the brightest stars in russian cinema including viktor. Chernaya molniya is a 2009 russian action superhero film directed by alexandr voitinsky and dmitriy kiselev, and produced by timur bekmambetov. Black lightning, a cw tv series that premiered in 2018 black lightning 1924 film, a clara bow silent film about a heroic german shepherd dog similar to strongheart or rintintin black lightning 2009 film, a 2009 russian superhero film, unrelated to the dc comics character.
Timur bekmambetovs return to the big screen in russia after a two year hiatus albeit this time in a production role black lightning chernaya molniya epitomizes the emerging scifi trend in russian cinema exemplified by such earlier films as night watch 2004, day watch 2006 and the more recent inhabited island 2008. Meanwhile, twist jackson, a past nemesis of black s, treks across the state in pursuit of him with his own agenda. It has zero chill and never tries to give the impression that it ever. The russian heavymetal soundtrack pulsates through the film with great energy and is quite catchy as well, and the pacing is fine. Directed by 18 writing credits 17 cast 341 produced by 32 music by 1. The number of feature films produced in 2009 fell by more than 50 per cent, from just over a hundred in 2008 to just 40, largely because of the economic downturn. One repeated the plot of the film, while the other was a spinoff about nastya svetlova.
Black lightning 2009 stream and watch online moviefone. Timur bekmambetov presents his new project black lightning, the first russian superhero action thriller. There were a few times when they show a newspaper headline or something on a computer that was in russian, but it didnt take away from the story. Black lightning is the story of a russian college student who buys a second hand car which turns out to have magical powers, yes it can fly, and it turns him into the superhero who has to protect. Black lightning 2009 a young man uses a flying car to defend moscow from criminals.
If youll recall, this film is a superhero adventure tale featuring a flying cara black 1966 gaz 21 volga, to be exact. Black lightning is an extant 1924 american silent drama film directed by james p. Guardaserie black lightning altadefinizione film e serie tv. May 18, 2017 get your first look at the cws latest dc comics adaptation, in this story of a retired superhero who returns to action. Get your first look at the cws latest dc comics adaptation, in this story of a retired superhero who returns to action. Soviet movies in english watch online and download film black. Its about a boy whose father buys him his first car, only for him to discover that the car can fly and do all kinds of cool shit. Black lightning russian flying car out on dvd dvd talk. Some of you may remember hearing about black lightning, the russian flying car superhero picture produced by director timur bekmambetov wanted. After his father is attacked, he decides to use the car to fight crime and becomes the citys defender against an evil millionaire. Timur bekmambetov may produce remake of his russian flying car film black lightning posted on wednesday, june 30th, 2010 by russ fischer last year, timur bekmambetov night watch, wanted.
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