Kidnapping, Caucasian Style!

Kidnapping, Caucasian Style! (Russian: Кавказская пленница!; informally referred to as the Kidnapping, Caucasian Style 2) is a Russian comedy film by director Maxim Voronkov. A remake of the 1967 film of the same name, it has a humorous plot revolving around bride kidnapping, an old tradition that used to exist in certain regions of the Northern Caucasus.

This article is about the 2014 remake. For the original 1967 Soviet film, see Kidnapping, Caucasian Style.
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style!
Directed byMaxim Voronkov
Produced byMaxim Voronkov
Valery Glukhov
Ilya Oleynikov
Written byKirill Zubkov
Based onKidnapping, Caucasian Style
StarringDmitry Sharakois
Anastasia Zadorozhnaya
Gennady Khazanov
Music byAleksandr Zatsepin
CinematographyAlexey Belyaev
Edited byYekaterina Pivneva
Production
company
Ilya Oleynikov's Producer Сenter
Distributed byMosfilm
Release date
  • August 21, 2014 (2014-08-21)
Running time
95 min
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian

Dedicated to the memory of Ilya Oleynikov, the film premiered on August 21, 2014.[1][2] As was the case with the original, filming was done in the Crimea, not in the North Caucasus.[3]

The movie was met with strongly negative reviews in the Russian media, with some considering it being one of the worst films ever made, and it was a box office bomb.

Plot

The plot as a whole repeats the story of the original comedy: Shura journalist arrives in the Caucasus in order to study local culture and folklore. In the town of Gorsk he meets a girl Nina, the local governor Saakhov plans to marry. Using a journalist, Saakhov and his henchmen (Coward, Fool and Pro) kidnapped Nina. Realizing that he had been deceived, Shura rushes to rescue his beloved.

Nevertheless, there are some differences from the original. For example, Nina falls in love Shurik not by coincidence, when the fate of their repeatedly clashed together, and from the beginning of the film. Also, the ending of the story was changed.

Cast

Criticism

Reception of the movie was strongly negative.[4] Extremely negative reviews of the film have published editions Afisha,[5] Komsomolskaya Pravda,[6] Gazeta.ru,[7] Mail.ru.[8] Most critics viewed the remake as a bad copy of the original, which it reproduces almost frame by frame; with the rare moments of originality being unsuccessful. Vladimir Medinsky, Russia's Minister of Culture, promised not to provide any further funding for Voronkov's films after an appeal from YouTube critic BadComedian. Voronkov has not directed a film since Kidnapping, Caucasian Style!.[9]

The site Megacritic scored the film 25 points out of 100,[10] and KinoPoisk – 1.1 out of 10. The film was also a flop at the box office, collecting $179,843 with a budget of $3.5 million.[11]

References
  1. Ирина Клявер и Илья Олейников. Шансон на двоих
  2. Илья Олейников выступил в качестве продюсера ремейка легендарной кинокомедии Гайдая
  3. "Режиссёр Максим Воронков – о съёмках фильма "Кавказская пленница!"". m24.ru. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  4. Отзывы и рецензии на фильм Кавказская пленница!
  5. Anton Dolin. Новая «Кавказская пленница»: зачем вы это сделали?
  6. Denis Korsakov. «Кавказская пленница» в аду
  7. Anastasia Lisitsina. Шурик в Запределье
  8. Boris Grishin. Самый гуманный суд в мире
  9. Шутки с YouTube кончились. Novaya Gazeta (in Russian). March 1, 2019. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  10. «Кавказская пленница!» на сайте Megacritic
  11. Сборы фильма at Filmz.ru
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