Overview
A grandfather seeks justice in a world where the law fails to protect the innocent.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Brutal
- grim
- tense
- morally confrontational
- serious film night
- socially conscious viewing
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The police close the rape case because a senior officer is the father of one of the perpetrators, prompting Ivan Afonin to act outside the law.
The plot frames police corruption and bureaucratic evasiveness as defining features of the post-Soviet social order.
Ivan Afonin relies on his rifle skills and deliberate planning to retaliate when the authorities refuse meaningful action.
Katya's assault devastates her family, while her grandfather and parents respond to the police cover-up in different ways.
Films like The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment, and why
Death Wish
shares a vigilante revenge premise, institutional corruption, and morally charged crime drama
The Accused
combines rape-related trauma, retaliatory violence, and a grim critique of failed justice
Harry Brown
features an older protagonist pursuing personal justice against protected criminals in a tense crime drama
Movie Details
- Director
- Stanislav Govorukhin
- Release Date
- 1999-04-19
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (142)
Cast
- Mikhail Ulyanov
- Anna Sinyakina
- Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov
- Vladislav Galkin
- Irina Rozanova
- Ilya Drevnov
- Aleksey Makarov
- Marat Basharov
- Sergey Garmash
- Georgi Martirosyan
Common questions
- What is The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment about?
- After police corruption shields the men who assaulted his granddaughter, a retired marksman turns to vigilantism in a tense post-Soviet revenge drama.
- What is The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment as brutal.
- Which films are like The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment?
- Films with a similar feel include Death Wish, The Accused, and Harry Brown.
- How long is The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment?
- The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment runs 95 minutes.
