''Versus'' (russian: Молот, Molot) is a 2016 Russian
sports
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drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Nurbek Egen
Nurbek Egen (Russian Нурбек Эген; born 3 December 1975) is a Kyrgyz and Russian film and TV director and screenwriter. His films have won two Young Artist Awards: his short film ''Sanzhyra'' as Best Short Foreign Film and his feature ...
. It was released on November 3, 2016 (in Russia).
Plot
When MMA fighter Victor gets into a car accident, the bandit Shark threatens to kill his beloved girl if he does not agree to throw a fight in the ring.
Filming
The movie was filmed partly in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
. For filming Birzhevoy Bridge was blocked, which connects the Vasilyevsky Island with the Petrograd side.
Oksana Akinshina
Oksana Aleksandrovna Akinshina (russian: Оксана Александровна Акиньшина; born 19 April 1987) is a Russian actress. She is best known for her roles in films ''Sisters'' (2001), ''Lilya 4-ever'' (2002), ''The Bourne Supr ...
as Vera
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Anton Shagin
Anton Aleksandrovich Shagin (russian: Анто́н Алекса́ндрович Ша́гин, born 2 April 1984) is a Russian actor of theater, most famous for his role as Mels in '' Hipsters''.Sergey Chirkov as Alik
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Melvin Manhoef
Melvin Manhoef (born 11 May 1976) is a retired Surinamese-born Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer. In kickboxing, he is a former It's Showtime Middleweight Champion, and in MMA he was the Cage Rage Light Heavyweight Champion. In mixed mar ...
as Manuel Rivera aka Typhoon
Marketing
Movie trailer was released online September 7, 2016.
Facts
* All the scenes of fights with Aleksey Chadov were filmed without stunt doubles.