DMB-2
An irreverent Russian military farce follows an ensign and three hapless soldiers after two warheads vanish en route to an arms exhibition.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- irreverent
- chaotic
- sardonic
- cult movie night
- late night comedy
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The ensign and soldiers lose two warheads while transporting them to an arms exhibition, turning military procedure into farce.
The soldiers' failed mission and exaggerated military roles drive the film's cult-style humor.
The missing box containing two warheads is the concrete problem around which the soldiers' comic mission revolves.
The film uses Russian military personnel and a weapons-sale exhibition to frame comedy within post-Soviet institutional life.
Films like DMB-2, and why
DMB
absurd military comedy centered on incompetent soldiers and irreverent barracks humor
No Time for Sergeants
ensemble military farce using broad comedy to satirize army institutions
Catch-22
darkly comic military absurdism and bungled operations
Movie Details
- Director
- Aleksandr Basov
- Release Date
- 2000-07-31
- Runtime
- 69 min
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 (8)
Cast
- Pyotr Korshunkov
- Stanislav Duzhnikov
- Vladislav Kopp
- Aleksey Panin
- Roman Radov
- Viktor Pavlov
- Sergei Artsybashev
- Anatoliy Goryachev
- Alisa Grebenshchikova
- Sergey Petrov
Common questions
- What is DMB-2 about?
- An irreverent Russian military farce follows an ensign and three hapless soldiers after two warheads vanish en route to an arms exhibition.
- What is DMB-2 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of DMB-2 as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is DMB-2 violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in DMB-2 as mild.
- Which films are like DMB-2?
- Films with a similar feel include DMB, No Time for Sergeants, and Catch-22.
- How long is DMB-2?
- DMB-2 runs 69 minutes.
