Showdown in Manila
Showdown in Manila is a 2016 Russian-American action film directed by Mark Dacascos. The film was released on February 18, 2016 in Russian (with English scenes captioned) and on January 19, 2018 in English (with Russian scenes dubbed) worldwide.
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Directed by | Mark Dacascos |
Produced by | Mark Dacascos Andrzej Bartkowiak Alexander Nevsky Alexander Izotov Christopher R. Santiago (Associate producer) |
Screenplay by | Craig Hamann |
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Music by | Sean Murray |
Cinematography | Rudy Harbon |
Edited by | Stephen Adrianson |
Production company | Hollywood Storm |
Distributed by | CineTel Films |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Philippines United States |
Language | English Filipino |
Box office | $583,194 (Russia) |
Plot
Nickolay "Nick" Peyton, a police officer of Russian origin, lives in Manila. Once on the police operation Nick is badly wounded and retires from police. Today he works as a private detective with his partner Charlie. One day a woman comes to hire them for investigation of a strange murder of her husband. Searching for murderers leads Nick and Charlie to a base of criminals in the jungle. The gangsters' leader Aldric Cole was wounded by Nick in then police operation. So, Nick and Charlie gather a groupe of former elite soldiers to destroy the base of bandits.
Cast
- Alexander Nevsky as Nickolay (Nick) Peyton
- Casper Van Dien as Charlie Benz
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Aldric Cole
- Tia Carrere as Mrs. Wells
- Mark Dacascos as Matthew Wells (cameo appearance)
- Matthias Hues as Dorn
- Hafedh Dakhlaoui as Ghost
- Don Wilson as Dillon (as Don 'The Dragon' Wilson)
- Cynthia Rothrock as Haines
- Olivier Gruner as Ford
- Dmitri Dyuzhev as Victor
- Robert Madrid as Carlos
Production
The film was shot in Manila (Philippines).
External links
- Official site
- Showdown in Manila on IMDb
- Showdown in Manila at AllMovie
- Showdown in Manila at Rotten Tomatoes
- Review of film on YouTube (in Russian)
- Review of film (in Russian)