This film is a perfect example of new Russian cinema – the one that overtakes Hollywood in quality and has already overrun it in home box office.
There are several items that make a Russian blockbuster besides high budget.

Amazing photography of huge Siberian rivers and virgin taiga forests.
Superstars – Vladimir Mashkov (The Good Shepherd, dir. Robert De Niro, 2006; Behind Enemy Lines, dir. John Moore, 2001, Dancing at the Blue Iguana, dir. Michael Redford, 2000) and Eugeni Mironov (Best Actor at Monte-Carlo Festival for Idiot). Thrilling plot –police officer trying to perform secret service’s task is trapped, face to face with crime syndicate that threats the entire world But to save the world, first he has to rescue himself.