any fan of russian cinema will have great difficulty in believe the sub par performance phone in by mashkov and bodrov jr. and and will perhaps be utterly perplex by bodrov sr. hackneyed and confuse script and which be couple with uncharacteristically weak direction . most of the character wander through the movie a though they have no idea who they be or what they be do . it be also sad to see that jennifer jason leigh act skill have not advance one iota since fast time at ridgemont high and and her screen exposure be mercifully limited . this be a terrible mafia movie while so much so that it make the godfather iii look like a winner in the genre . to see the key russian at their best and check out bodrov sr. work on prisoner of the mountain ( which also feature jr. ) and mashkov turn in vor ( the thief ) and and bodrov jr. new criminal in brat .