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Driven to Kill
Driven to Kill
	Official movie poster
Directed by	Jeff F. King
Written by	Mark James
Produced by	Kirk Shaw
Starring	Steven Seagal; Mike Dopud; Igor Jijikine; Robert Wisden; Inna Korobkina; Zak Santiago; Alexander Rafalski
Cinematography	Thomas M. Harting
Edited by	Jamie Alain
Music by	Peter Allen
Distributed by	20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Release date	May 19, 2009;
Running time	98 minutes
Countries	United States; Canada;
Languages	English; Russian
Budget	$10 million

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Driven to Kill is a 2009 American-Canadian action film directed by Jeff F. King, starring Steven Seagal, Mike Dopud, Igor Jijikine and Robert Wisden. The film was released on direct-to-DVD in the United States on May 19, 2009.

Plot

Ruslan Drachev (Steven Seagal) is a former Russian mobster and a current writer of hardboiled pulp fiction novels living in California when he gets a call from his ex-wife Catherine (Inna Korobkina) that his daughter Lanie (Laura Mennell) is getting married.

Not wanting to miss the wedding, Ruslan catches the red eye to New Jersey and heads into Trenton to see Lanie, who is an attorney in the D.A.'s office in Trenton. Ruslan is somewhat concerned that Lanie is marrying Stephan Abramov (Dmitry Chepovetsky), the son of Mikhail Abramov (Igor Jijikine), the brutal boss of the local Russian mob outfit.

Later on, Ruslan finds that Catherine is now married to wealthy local defense attorney Terry Goldstein (Robert Wisden). Lanie tells Ruslan that Terry is a jerk. Ruslan pulls Stephen to the side, and Stephen assures Ruslan that he has no interest of joining the family business and just wants to love his new wife and start a new life.

After everyone but Catherine and Lanie leaves to go to the church where the wedding will take place, a pair of men break in, stab Catherine to death, and then stab Lanie, leaving her in critical condition.

Detective Norden (Ingrid Torrance) and Detective Lavastic (Zak Santiago) are heading the investigation. It was made to look like a robbery, but Ruslan knows full well that it was not a robbery. At East Lawn Hospital, Dr. Brown (Linda Minard) tells Ruslan that she expects Lanie to recover.

Ruslan starts his own investigation and learns that Mikhail, who hates Ruslan, was behind the attack. Terry, who is Mikhail`s attorney, is also in on it. Mikhail despised the thought of Stephan marrying a prosecuting attorney instead of following in Mikhail's footsteps, and Catherine was about to blow the whistle on some of Terry's corrupt activities. However, Ruslan is willing to do whatever it takes to make Mikhail and Terry pay for what they did.

Cast

Steven Seagal as Ruslan Drachev
Mike Dopud as Boris
Igor Jijikine as Mikhail Abramov
Robert Wisden as Terry Goldstein
Inna Korobkina as Catherine Goldstein
Zak Santiago as Detective Lavastic
Alexander Rafalski as Alex
Yevgeni Lazarev as The Bartender
Laura Mennell as Lanie Drachev
Aleks Paunovic as Tony Links
Ingrid Torrance as Detective Norden
Sergei Nasibov as Ilya
Dmitry Chepovetsky as Stephan Abramov
Crystal Lowe as Tanya
Daniel Cudmore as Young Guy
Gerry South as Taxi Driver
Holly Eglington as Regime
Dan Payne as Sergei
Reg Tupper as Pawn Shop Owner
Linda Minard as Doctor

Production

It is set and filmed at Lower Mainland, B.C., including the beach in White Rock on May 12 and June 16, 2008.

Home media

On May 19, 2009, DVD and Blu-ray was released by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in the United States in Region 1. On 13 July 2009, DVD and Blu-ray was released by Optimum Home Entertainment in the United Kingdom in Region 2.

Soundtrack

"Shooshino" (David Steele)
"Something Right" (David Steele)
"Bulch Blues" (Butch Jularbal Socan)
"One of Them Days" (Loverboy)
"Alien Smegma" (David Steele)
"Island Bound" (Steve Hilliam)

External links

Driven to Kill at IMDb

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-'''''Driven to Kill''''' is a 2009 [[straight-to-DVD]] action film. Directed by [[Jeff F. King|Jeff King]], the movie stars [[Steven Seagal]], [[Mike Dopud]], [[Ingrid Torrance]], [[Zak Santiago]], [[Crystal Lowe]], [[Igor Jijikine]], [[Inna Korobkina]], [[Aleks Panunovic]] and [[Ed Anders]]. The film was released on May 19, 2009 on DVD and Blu-ray.
+'''''Driven to Kill''''' is a 2009 American-Canadian [[action film]] directed by [[Jeff F. King]], starring [[Steven Seagal]], [[Mike Dopud]], [[Igor Jijikine]] and [[Robert Wisden]]. The film was released on [[direct-to-video|direct-to-DVD]] in the United States on May 19, 2009.
 ==Plot==
-Ruslan Drachev ([[Steven Seagal]]) is a former Russian diplomat and a current writer of hard boiled pulp fiction novels living in St. Petersburg when he gets a call from his ex-wife Catherine ([[Inna Korobkina]]) that his daughter Lanie ([[Laura Mennell]]) is getting married.
+Ruslan Drachev (Steven Seagal) is a former Russian [[mobster]] and a current writer of [[hardboiled]] pulp fiction novels living in [[California]] when he gets a call from his ex-wife Catherine (Inna Korobkina) that his daughter Lanie (Laura Mennell) is getting married.
-Not wanting to miss the wedding, Ruslan catches the red eye to New Jersey and heads into Trenton to see Lanie, who is an attorney in the D.A.'s office in Trenton. Ruslan is somewhat concerned that Lanie is marrying Stephan Abrahams ([[Dmitry Chepovetsky]]), the son of Michael Abrahams ([[Igor Jijikine]]), a corrupt U.S. Senator who works with the American mafia.
+Not wanting to miss the wedding, Ruslan catches the red eye to [[New Jersey]] and heads into [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]] to see Lanie, who is an attorney in the [[District attorney|D.A.]]'s office in Trenton. Ruslan is somewhat concerned that Lanie is marrying Stephan Abramov (Dmitry Chepovetsky), the son of Mikhail Abramov (Igor Jijikine), the brutal boss of the local Russian mob outfit.
-Ruslan finds that Catherine is now married to wealthy local defense attorney Terry Goldstein ([[Robert Wisden]]). Lanie tells Ruslan that Terry is a jerk. Ruslan pulls Stephan to the side, and Stephan assures Ruslan that he has no interest of joining the family business and just wants to love his new wife and start a new life.
+Later on, Ruslan finds that Catherine is now married to wealthy local [[defense attorney]] Terry Goldstein (Robert Wisden). Lanie tells Ruslan that Terry is a jerk. Ruslan pulls Stephen to the side, and Stephen assures Ruslan that he has no interest of joining the family business and just wants to love his new wife and start a new life.
-After everyone but Catherine and Lanie leaves to go to the church where the wedding will take place, A pair of men break in, stab Catherine to death, and then stab Lanie, leaving her in critical condition.
+After everyone but Catherine and Lanie leaves to go to the church where the wedding will take place, a pair of men break in, stab Catherine to death, and then stab Lanie, leaving her in critical condition.
-Detective Norden ([[Ingrid Torrance]]) and Detective Lavastic ([[Zak Santiago]]) are heading the investigation. It was made to look like a robbery, but Ruslan knows full well that it was not a robbery. At East Lawn Hospital, Dr. Brown ([[Linda Minard]]) tells Ruslan that she expects Lanie to recover.
+Detective Norden (Ingrid Torrance) and Detective Lavastic (Zak Santiago) are heading the investigation. It was made to look like a robbery, but Ruslan knows full well that it was not a robbery. At East Lawn Hospital, Dr. Brown (Linda Minard) tells Ruslan that she expects Lanie to recover.
-Ruslan starts his own investigation and learns that Michael, who hates Ruslan, was behind the attack. Terry, who is Michael's attorney, is also in on it. Michael despised the thought of Stephan marrying a prosecuting attorney instead of following in Michael's footsteps, and Catherine was about to blow the whistle on some of Terry's corrupt activities.
+Ruslan starts his own investigation and learns that Mikhail, who hates Ruslan, was behind the attack. Terry, who is Mikhail`s attorney, is also in on it. Mikhail despised the thought of Stephan marrying a prosecuting attorney instead of following in Mikhail's footsteps, and Catherine was about to blow the whistle on some of Terry's corrupt activities. However, Ruslan is willing to do whatever it takes to make Mikhail and Terry pay for what they did.
-Ruslan is willing to do whatever it takes to make Michael and Terry pay for what they did.
-==Production==
-'''''Driven to Kill''''' was shot on location in Toronto, Canada, but an additional photography took place in Prague, Czech Republic.
 ==Cast==
+{{castlist|
-* [[Steven Seagal]] as Ruslan
+* [[Steven Seagal]] as Ruslan Drachev
+* [[Mike Dopud]] as Boris
+* [[Igor Jijikine]] as Mikhail Abramov
 * [[Robert Wisden]] as Terry Goldstein
+* [[Inna Korobkina]] as Catherine Goldstein
+* [[Zak Santiago]] as Detective Lavastic
+* Alexander Rafalski as Alex
+* [[Yevgeni Lazarev]] as The Bartender
 * [[Laura Mennell]] as Lanie Drachev
-* [[Mike Dopud]] as Boris
+* [[Aleks Paunovic]] as Tony Links
+* [[Ingrid Torrance]] as Detective Norden
+* Sergei Nasibov as Ilya
+* [[Dmitry Chepovetsky]] as Stephan Abramov
 * [[Crystal Lowe]] as Tanya
-* [[Dmitry Chepovetsky]] as Stephen
+* [[Daniel Cudmore]] as Young Guy
-* [[Igor Jijikine]] as Michael
+* Gerry South as Taxi Driver
+* Holly Eglington as Regime
-* [[Sergei Nasibov]]  as Ilya
-* [[Holly Eglington]] as Regime
 * [[Dan Payne]] as Sergei
+* Reg Tupper as Pawn Shop Owner
-* [[Ingrid Torrance]] as Detective Norden
+* Linda Minard as Doctor
-* [[Zak Santiago]] as Detective Lavastic
+}}
-* [[Inna Korobkina]] as Catherine Goldstein
-* [[Aleks Paunovic]] as Tony Links
+==Production==
-* [[Mike Desabrais]] as Thug #5
+It is set and filmed at [[Lower Mainland|Lower Mainland, B.C.]],  including the beach in [[White Rock, British Columbia|White Rock]] on May 12 and June 16, 2008.
-* [[Reg Tupper]] as Pawn Shop Owner
-* [[Ed Anders]] as Thug #3
+==Home media==
-* [[Linda Minard]] as Doctor Brown
+On May 19, 2009, DVD and Blu-ray was released by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in the United States in [[DVD region code#1|Region 1]]. On 13 July 2009, DVD and Blu-ray was released by [[Optimum Releasing|Optimum Home Entertainment]] in the United Kingdom in Region 2.
+==Soundtrack==
+* "Shooshino" ([[David Steele (musician)|David Steele]])
+* "Something Right" (David Steele)
+* "Bulch Blues" (Butch Jularbal Socan)
+* "One of Them Days" ([[Loverboy]])
+* "Alien Smegma" (David Steele)
+* "Island Bound" (Steve Hilliam)
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