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DVD The Stoker
Cool DVD Jul 24, 2014 4 Comments	Crime, Drama
Director: Aleksey Balabanov
Writers: Aleksey Balabanov
Stars: Mikhail Skryabin, Yuriy Matveev, Aleksandr Mosin
Release Date: 17 May 2013 (UK)
The Stoker
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dvd	 Jul 24, 2014, 9:11 pm
Yes, a good movie: good picture, good (very good) camera, good acting of the fireman that is in the cast of cargo 200 too; other actors are "street real" and they are great for what they have to do. The music is perfect, and the 90's Russia atmosphere is almost in every frame of this movie. If you love Russian atmosphere, gangster, shooting, action this is the film for you: this film shows something that nobody wants to remember but you have to watch other films of this great director and study a bit of history (maybe even go to little Odessa and have a talk with someone) if you want to appreciate it all. It is not the story that makes the point is everything around it, that is why i love Balabanov. Great work Mr. Balabanov Sorry for my bad English Greetings from Italy.
An intriguing but ultimately slight drama about murder and revenge from Russian director Aleksey Balabanov (Morphia, etc). Ivan Skriabin (Mikhail Skryabin) is a former soldier and decorated war hero, and veteran of the campaign in Afghanistan. After suffering concussion following a bomb blast, he now ekes out an existence by working as a stoker, keeping the massive furnaces burning in a sprawling industrial complex. He is also writing a novel on a battered old typewriter. But local gangsters, working for a man known as Sergeant, also occasionally use the furnaces to dispose of bodies. Skriabin is a passive witness to their activities, until his own daughter Sasha becomes a victim and he seeks revenge on her killers. Balabanov gives us a glimpse into a darker underbelly of a contemporary St Petersberg, a venal and corrupt city where wealthy gangsters now wield power and where old soldiers are yesterday's heroes. The performances from the largely unknown cast are quite good, and theatre veteran Skryabin brings a touching and suitably haunted edge to his performance. Balabanov's script is sparse and peppered with touches of wry humour, and his signature violence is again unexpected and shocking. Balabanov's regular cinematographer Aleksandr Simonov captures some wonderful images of the snow covered city scape, while DiDiuLia's jaunty music score offers a counterpoint to the violence that follows.
first of all i have some spoilers down here, so keep that in mind. I don't know where to begin, on one hand you have a serious feel to the movie but on the other it does get a little ridiculous. There is a great deal of awkwardness to some scenes that you start to sort of feel bad for the characters. And its not because of the bad acting, just wrong place and time. Nude scenes are completely useless if not just to show us how she looks like naked, and extras work is just too obvious. Story is a classic gangster work of the 90s Russia. Probably the best aspect of the seen, was camera-work that gives you smooth picture and angles, but for the rest i really hope it was meant to be some sort of avantgarde parody on all of movie making because of not, its just really poorly made. The only place it caught my attention was at the end when Kochegar fella starts to worry and you feel for him. The very end (story he writes) was just… I've never seen anything more pathetic that that. so 4/10 should do the job. For heavy 90s Russia appreciators.
One of my most favourite movies is Brat by Balabanov. Thus, having read somewhere that Russian movie critics called Kochegar the best Russian movie of 2010, and its plot is quite similar to that of Brat, I was expecting something at least as good. I was wrong. Comparing these two movies, I should say that when watching Brat, I have a feeling of seeing truth. Watching Kochegar, I feel seeing artificial people in artificial situations. Apparently, Mr. Balabanov forgot that a good movie should teach, should send some message. This movie just shows the very dark and vicious sides of life without any message. Just blunt murder and blunt nudity. Something is wrong – either with Russia, or with Balabanov, or with me.
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Somalia's education minister survives assassination in Gedo
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MOGADISHU, Somalia - A top Somali official survived an assassination attack on Sunday, officials confirmed, in an attack which almost coincided with a raid at an elite hotel in Mogadishu, a manifestation of deteriorating security structures within the Horn of Africa nation, which has been struggling with stability for decades.
Education minister Abdullahi Godah Barre survived from what officials have since termed as "assassination" attempt, following an IED explosion that targeted his convoy in Gedo, one of the most volatile regions within the Horn of Africa nation, which has been under persistent terror attacks.
The minister was traveling to the capital Mogadishu, following a series of meetings at Gedo, a region which has been the battlefield between Al-Shabaab militants and security forces, with elements of rivalry between government and regional security forces in Somalia.
According to Ismael Mukhtaar, the spokesperson of the government, the minister was slightly injured and has since been treated following the incident. Two people from his delegation were also critically injured but they've since been airlifted to Mogadishu for the treatment he added.
"Our education minister survived an attack narrowly after his convoy rode over an IED. Two people within his delegation were slightly injured and have since been airlifted to Mogadishu for advanced treatment," he said in a brief statement.
The spokesperson added that those injured were MPs who were accompanying the MP to the volatile Gedo region for a series of meetings, which involves the structuring of education ministry and the system within Somalia. The names of the MPs were not immediately revealed.
In recent weeks, the Gedo region has been one of the terror hotspots in Somalia and has the highest number of active military actions due to the huge presence of Al-Shabaab militants. There are a number of Kenya Defense Forces [KDF] troops, ENDF, and those from the Somali National Army [SNA].
The minister's survival came moments before an attack at an elite hotel within Mogadishu, which has since been claimed by the Al-Shabaab militants. The attack, officials said, was engineered by a car bomb blast which was followed by a series of gunshots by Al-Shabaab militants.
Abdirisak Abdi of the Ministry of Information and Dahir Ali of the defense ministry was confirmed to be among 10 people killed in the Elite hotel attack. Over 205 people, including the owner Abdullahi Mohamed Nur [MP], have been rescued, the government added in a statement.
Four attackers were involved in the melee which has since been confirmed by Al-Shabaab militants. According to government officials, the attackers were killed by elite security forces who intervened after four hours of the attack, which was the second in as many weeks within Mogadishu.
"Somali special forces end a 4 hours-long deadly siege at Elite hotel in Mogadishu after killing the last attacker," said Ismael Mukhtaar, the spokesperson, who also said that the attackers were armed with AK 47 rifles during the deadly raid.
Al-Shabaab militants have been targeting security forces during their endless attacks with top government officers also being their major targets. Several people including innocent civilians have been killed in the last decade from Al-Shabaab related incidents, details show.

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