Red Serpent

Red Serpent is a 2003 Russian-German action adventure film directed by Gino Tanasescu.

Red Serpent
DVD poster
Directed by	Gino Tanasescu
Written by	Drew Fleming Cyndy Kuipers George Lascu
Produced by	Oleg Kapanets
Starring	Michael Pare Roy Scheider Oleg Taktarov
Cinematography	Andrey Zhegalov Andrey Belkanov
Edited by	Matt Harry
Music by	Kenneth Burgomaster John Valentino Alexey Belov
Production companies	Kremlin Films Rex Media
Release date	September 3, 2003 (2003-09-03)
Running time	92 min.
Countries	Russia Germany
Languages	Russian English
Budget	$5 000 000[1]

Plot

Steve Nichols comes to Moscow to conclude a contract. Unbeknownst to Steve, he has to become a front for transporting drugs supplied by a local gangster nicknamed Red Serpent. And his personal consent is just a technical matter.

The only hope for the trapped businessman is the former KGB officer Sergei Popov, who has old scores with the Serpent.^[1]

Cast

• Michael Pare as Steve Nichols
• Roy Scheider as Hassan (Red Serpent)
• Oleg Taktarov as Sergey Popov
• Alexander Nevsky as Peter
• John Mastando as Dylan Navarre
• Irina Apeksimova as Sasha
• Yuriy Dumchev as Shifty
• Gary Kasper as Ivan Kutuza
• Andris Lielais as Medvedev^[2]
• Vladimir Zaitsev as Gurov
• Egor Pazenko as Boris

Critical response

Russian film critic Valery Kichin considered the film unspectacular and boring, giving it a rating of 1 out of 10.^[3]

BadComedian called the Tanasescu film "stupidity, idiocy and nonsense".^[4]

Reviewer Andrey Volkov (Postcriticism.ru) named only the performance of some actors as a plus, but in general he described the film as far from professional cinema.^[5]