DMB-5
A hapless conscript's routine food errand spirals into a surreal burst of post-Soviet barracks comedy.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- None
- absurd
- irreverent
- goofy
- cult movie night
- lazy afternoon
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The plot centers on conscript soldiers and their absurd interactions with military authority.
Bomb's incompetent attempt to obtain demobilization food drives the story's absurd premise.
The requested vegetables and fruit motivate Bomb's purchase of strange mushrooms and the ensuing events.
Films like DMB-5, and why
DMB
absurd military comedy, eccentric soldiers, and irreverent barracks humor
Four Rooms
surreal ensemble comedy built around incompetent characters and escalating absurdity
Catch-22
darkly comic military setting with cynical institutional satire
Movie Details
- Directors
- Aleksandr Basov, Marat Rafikov
- Release Date
- 2001-01-31
- Runtime
- 63 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (4)
Cast
- Pyotr Korshunkov
- Stanislav Duzhnikov
- Vladislav Kopp
- Aleksey Panin
- Roman Radov
- Viktor Pavlov
- Sergei Artsybashev
- Anatoliy Goryachev
- Pavel Sirotin
- Sergey Petrov
Common questions
- What is DMB-5 about?
- A hapless conscript's routine food errand spirals into a surreal burst of post-Soviet barracks comedy.
- What is DMB-5 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of DMB-5 as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as simple.
- Is DMB-5 violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in DMB-5.
- Which films are like DMB-5?
- Films with a similar feel include DMB, Four Rooms, and Catch-22.
- How long is DMB-5?
- DMB-5 runs 63 minutes.
