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Black Lightning

Black Lightning

20096.31h 42m

Overview

A Moscow University student discovers that his otherwise unremarkable car can fly. After his father is attacked, he decides to use the car to fight crime and becomes the city's defender against an evil millionaire.

Directed by Dmitry Kiselev
Written by Dmitriy Aleynikov, Alexander Voitinsky, Alexandr Talal
Produced by Timur Bekmambetov, Iva Stromilova
Box OfficeBudget: $8.0MRevenue: $21.0M

Top Cast

Grigoriy Dobrygin

Grigoriy Dobrygin

Dima

Ekaterina Vilkova

Ekaterina Vilkova

Nastya

Viktor Verzhbitskiy

Viktor Verzhbitskiy

Viktor

Yekaterina Vasilyeva

Yekaterina Vasilyeva

Romantseva

Juozas Budraitis

Juozas Budraitis

Elizarov

Ivan Zhidkov

Ivan Zhidkov

Maks

Sergey Garmash

Sergey Garmash

Otets Dimy

Ekaterina Starshova

Ekaterina Starshova

Tanka

Elena Valyushkina

Elena Valyushkina

Dima's mother

Valeriy Zolotukhin

Valeriy Zolotukhin

Perepelkin

Themes & Keywords

superheromoscow, russia

About Black Lightning

Black Lightning is a science fiction, action, adventure film released in 2009 exploring themes of superhero, moscow, russia. Directed by Dmitry Kiselev, it stars Grigoriy Dobrygin, Ekaterina Vilkova, Viktor Verzhbitskiy. A Moscow University student discovers that his otherwise unremarkable car can fly. After his father is attacked, he decides to use the car to fight crime and becomes the city's defender against an evil millionaire.

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