The Mechanik

The Mechanik
The Mechanik DVD cover
Directed by	Dolph Lundgren
Written by	Dolph Lundgren Bryan Edward Hill
Produced by	Anton Hoeger
Starring	Dolph Lundgren Ben Cross Ivan Petrushinov Olivia Lee Raicho Vasilev
Cinematography	Ross W. Clarkson
Edited by	Joe Plenys
Music by	Elia Cmiral
Release date	October 3, 2005
Running time	94 min
Countries	Germany United States
Languages	Russian English
Budget	$ 4,000,000

The Mechanik (released as The Russian Specialist in the United States) is a 2005 Action film film starring and directed by Dolph Lundgren Written by Bryan Edward Hill and co-starring Ben Cross.

Plot

Retired Russian Special Forces hit man Nikolai "Nick" Cherenko (Dolph Lundgren) is a simple man trying to live a simple life in his small Russian town. He has a pretty wife named Alina (Hilda van der Meulen), a son named Vanya (Naum Shopov), and a successful profession as an automobile mechanic. But one day, Russian mob boss Sasha Popov (Ivan Petrushinov) and his gang come to town.

Caught in the crossfire is Nick's family. When the smoke clears, Alina and Vanya lie dead in the streets. Nick arms himself and tracks down Sasha and his gang, cornering them in a drug deal and laying waste.

Years later, Nick emigrates to the U.S. and takes a job as a car mechanic in Los Angeles. And then wealthy Mary Abramoff (Levana Finkelstein) tracks him down. She pleads with him to go to Russia and retrieve her daughter Julia (Olivia Lee), who has been kidnapped and forced into the sex trade.

Mary knows Nick's past and, though he is initially reluctant, when she shows him a picture of the kidnapper, he changes his mind: it is Sasha Popov, somehow alive after Nick shot him in the face years ago.

Nick takes the next plane to St. Petersburg, Russia, and he joins up with a band of mercenaries led by British mercenary William Burton (Ben Cross). Their mission is clear: free Julia from Sasha, and mow down anyone who stands in their way.

Visual effects by

• Shero Rauf – digital effects artist

External links

• The Russian Specialist at IMDb
• Review of The Russian Specialist