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Tycoon: A New Russian

2003, Movie, NR, 128 mins

Tycoon: A New Russian: Review

TYCOON: A NEW RUSSIAN | OLIGARKH | TYCOON

A charismatic, ruthless entrepreneur plunders the post-perestroika, post-Soviet economy and builds an illicit personal empire in this GODFATHER-like crime epic. The film starts with the assassination-by-rocket of billionaire Platon Makovski (Russian star Vladimir Mashkov) — a Russian-made rocket, one rival notes, grimly pleased that his country can still do something right. Dogged veteran cop Chmakov (Andrei Krasko), widely dismissed as a provincial plodder, is determined to ... read more leave a comment