The Second Front (2005)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Dmitri Fiks

Writers:

Yelena Karavayeshnikova (written by) and
Chris Sturgeon (written by) ...

Genre:

Action | War

Tagline:

Every Country Wanted What One Man Possessed.

Plot:

In the midst of World War 2, intelligence services from England, Germany and Russia collided in a fierce fight for the mind of Nicky Raus...

Plot Keywords:

WWII

Cast

Craig Sheffer	...	Frank Hossom
Todd Field	...	Nicolas Raus
Svetlana Metkina	...	Olga Ryabina (as Lana Litwak)
Ron Perlman	...	General von Binding
Aleksey Serebryakov	...	Veklich
Aleksandr Dyachenko	...	Lubenets (as Alexander Diachenbko)
Aleksey Chadov	...	Bykov
Bohdan Graczyk	...	Hans (as Bogdan Graczyk)
Nicholas Irons	...	Garry
Guy Siner	...	Archer
Tom Lasica	...	British Agent
Oleg Drach	...	KGB General
Sergei Romanyuk	...	KGB Colonel (as Sergey Romanuk)
Vladimir Samoiluk	...	KGB Lieutenant
Anatoly Gnatuk	...	Piloy Lyakhov

Also Known As:

Второй фронт (Russia)
Stormbringer (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

Russia | USA

Language:

English | German | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Denmark:15 | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Balaklava, Crimea, Ukraine

Company:

Film Commission of the Ministry of Culture of Russia

Goofs:

Continuity: During the scene with the gun fight at the farmhouse, you'll notice that at one moment, the biggest Russian with the machine gun is holding an MG34, which he had had since he landed, and the next moment, apparently only when he is shooting, it is an MG42. It continues to switch back and forth from an MG34 (round barrel with holes in it) to an MG42 (larger rectangular barrel with slits in the side). At one point, you can see a curved cartridge hanging from the bottom of the MG42, a feature not found on such weapons.

This film is absolutely HORRIBLE

Rented this one (thank God!). Right from the start I could tell I was in for an extremely dull picture. The opening narration must have used the word It about 10 times. They were so close to IT. IT was almost solved. He had the formula needed to solve IT. etc... Then you see a bunch of fat guys dressed up in trench-coats. Nobody cares that the whole set is consisting of spies obviously up to no good. Consistency is lacking in the film as the main character is wounded and later on in the film there isn't a mark on him where he was shot before. The mouth/sounds do not match up 80% of the time. The aircraft used in the film (a Beriev Be-12 Chaika 'Mail') wasn't even developed during the movies time set (1942) it was created in the 1960's (yet they used it during this film set in 1942? Who did research on this pic?) The plot is confusing and extremely poor in construction. Extremely low budget film. One has to wonder why people even bother wasting money for such disgusting wastes of film, money, time and effort (even though this film had about 0 effort expended on it). The acting is poor and the plane shots are positively dreadful. DO NOT BUY! DO NOT RENT!