A Young Boy's Escape From Reality Turns Into A Battle Against One Mean, Giant Robot In CROSS FIRE
With a story and screenplay written by Michael A. Lerner and producer/director Dzhanik Fayziev, the latest film to come from the Russian filmmaker, August. Eighth. blends a real world story of war with science fiction spectacle that pretty much leaves you wondering if this was partially ripped off from the first two Transformers movies. So, it’s almost no wonder why a film like this didn’t pop on anybody’s radar, but it does deliver quite an intriguing plot that takes place in 2008 at the height of the Russia-Georgia war where a newly divorced mother forced to infiltrate South Ossetia to rescue her son, who transports himself to his imaginary world for his own sanctum, hence all the indiscreet nods to Hasbro.
The film has seen its ups and downs since its domestic premiere back in February 2012, but the film just made its way to its Beijing premiere late last week under the title Cross Fire. The film stars Svetlana Ivanova, Maxim Matveev, Yegor Beroev, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Alexander Oleshko, Alex Andrei, Sergei Gazarov, Anatoly Bely, Gosha Gutsenko, Hassan Baroyev, Lydia Velezheva and Anna Legchilova.
Take a look! No English subs though. Sorry.
Click here for the Russian trailer.
