Mafia: The Game of Survival

Mafia: The Game of Survival (Russian: Мафия: Игра на выживание, romanized: Mafiya: Igra na vyzhivanie) is a 2016 Russian science fiction action film directed by Sarik Andreasyan and written by Andrei Gavrilov.[3] It was inspired by a popular party game, Mafia. The movie was released in Russia on January 1, 2016.

Mafia: The Game of Survival
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySarik Andreasyan
Written by
  • Andrei Gavrilov
Produced by
  • Sarik Andreasyan
  • Ghevond Andreasyan
  • Vladimir Polyakov
  • Max Oleynikov
  • Nikita Argunov
Starring
CinematographyAnton Zenkovich
Edited byGeorgiy Isaakyan
Music byRoman Vishnevsky
Alim Zairov
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Karoprokat
Release date
  • January 1, 2016 (2016-01-01)[1]
Running time
91 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Budget$12–15 million[2][3]
Box officeUS$7.4 million[4]

Plot

Moscow, 2072. The card game Mafia became the most popular television show in the world. Eleven people gather at the table to find out — who are innocent civilians and who is ruthless Mafia. The world is going to see a cocktail of emotions and feelings: fear, lie, pain, pride, passion, love and death. The winner will receive a huge cash prize, and the loser will just die.

Cast
  • Viktor Verzhbitsky as Supreme Organizer game
  • Veniamin Smekhov as Luka Sergeyevich
  • Yuri Chursin as Konstantin
  • Vyacheslav Razbegaev as Vladimir
  • Andrey Chadov as Ilya
  • Vadim Tsallati as Kirill
  • Violetta Getmanskaya as Katerina
  • Natalia Rudova as Mariya
  • Eugene Koryakovsky as Pyotr
  • Alexey Grishin as Krivoy
  • Artyom Suchkov as Ivan
  • Karen Badalov as Psychologist
  • Vsevolod Kuznetsov as Lead Voice
  • Alexander Gagarinov as Kirill's friend

Release

The film was released in Russia on January 1, 2016. It was released in China on October 14, 2016.[5]

Reception

Box office

The film grossed US$4.2 million in Russia and the CIS and US$3.1 million in China,[4] to worldwide total of 7,4 million, against an approximately $12 to $15 million budget. It is considered a box office bomb.

Critical reception

Reception of Mafia: The Game of Survival in Russian media was negative.[6][7] It was largely ignored by mainstream critics, because Enjoy Movies did not screen the movie for press. According to review aggregator Kritikanstvo.ru, only 8 reviews were published, and most of them were strongly negative, including reviews from KG-Portal,[8] 25 Kadr[9] and Kinokadr.[10]

See also

References
  1. "Мафия: Игра на выживание". KinoPoisk (in Russian). Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  2. "Мафия: Игра на выживание". Mail Kino (in Russian). Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  3. Kozlov, Vladimir (16 December 2015). "Russian Sci-Fi Film From 'American Heist' Director Sells Internationally". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  4. "Mafia: Survival Game". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  5. "暗杀游戏（2016）". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  6. "Рецензии на фильм Мафия: Игра на выживание / Mafia (2015), отзывы". Kritikanstvo.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  7. "Мафия: Игра на выживание — отзывы о фильме". Megacritic.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  8. Kuzmin, Yevgeny (11 January 2016). "Рецензия на фильм "Мафия. Игра на выживание" / Mafia". KG-Portal.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  9. Marin, Vasily (6 January 2016). "Мафия: Игра на выживание, 2015". 25-k.com (in Russian). Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  10. Berlinsky, Gosha (2 January 2016). "Мафия: Игра на выживание: Сарик-пересмешник". Kinokadr.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 27 December 2018.
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