The Last Warrior: Root of Evil

The Last Warrior: Root of Evil
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Dmitriy Dyachenko
Written by	Vitaliy Shlyappo Dimitriy Yan Vasiliy Kutsenko Pavel Danilov Igor Tudvasev
Based on	Russian: Bogatyr English: Hero or Warrior
Produced by	Kakhaber Abashidze Eduard Iloyan Anton Zlatopolskiy (ru) Vitaliy Shlyappo (ru) Denis Zhalinskiy
Starring	Viktor Khorinyak Mila Sivatskaya Ekaterina Vilkova Elena Yakovleva Konstantin Lavronenko Sergey Burunov Elena Valyushkina Kirill Zaytsev Timofey Tribuntsev Garik Kharlamov
Cinematography	Pavel Kapinos
Music by	George Kallis
Production companies	The Walt Disney Company CIS Yellow, Black & White Russia-1 Cinema Fund Russia
Distributed by	Walt Disney Studios
Release date	January 1, 2021 (2021-01-01) (Russia)
Running time	121 minutes
Country	Russia
Language	Russian
Budget	₽650 million
Box office	₽2.046 billion[1] $28.3 million (Worldwide)[2] $28.6 million (Russia/CIS)[3]

The Last Warrior: Root of Evil (Russian: Последний богатырь: Корень зла, lit. 'The Last Bogatyr: Root of Evil'; also known as The Last Warrior 2) is a 2021 Russian fantasy comedy film, a sequel to the 2017's The Last Warrior (The Last Knight). The film is directed by Dmitry Dyachenko, and produced by The Walt Disney Company CIS, The Walt Disney Company's subsidiary in Russia, in collaboration with the Russian production company Yellow, Black & White.^[4][5][6]

A new story about the meeting of two worlds - modern Moscow, Russia and the fabulous Belogorie, Ancient Rus'. The Rus' people where the heroes of Russian fairy tales, epics and legends live. Ivan Naydenov, having tried on the role of Bogatyr, discovers the origins of the ancient evil that threatens Belogorie and participates in an epic battle shoulder to shoulder with folk heroes.

The film stars Viktor Khorinyak, Mila Sivatskaya, Ekaterina Vilkova, Elena Yakovleva, Konstantin Lavronenko, Sergey Burunov, Elena Valyushkina, and Kirill Zaytsev, the voices of Garik Kharlamov as the fairy tale Kolobok. Principal photography began in June 2019, the film crew moved between the Moscow Oblast, Republic of Karelia, the Perm Krai, and again the North Caucasus, where mountain panoramas and relic forests were found near Sochi, in the Sochi National Park.

The film was theatrically released in the Russian Federation by Walt Disney Studios on January 1, 2021.

A sequel, The Last Warrior 3, will be released in December 2021.

Plot[]

In the second part, viewers will learn about the origins of the ancient evil that the heroes had to face in the first film, see new corners of the fabulous Belogorie and witness exciting battles with the participation of epic Bogatyrs.^[7]

Cast[]

• Viktor Khorinyak as Ivan Ilyich Naydenov / Ivan Ilyich Muromets
• Mila Sivatskaya as Vasilisa the Wise
• Ekaterina Vilkova as Princess Varvara
• Elena Yakovleva as Baba Yaga, a witch doctor and sorceress
• Konstantin Lavronenko as Koschei
• Sergey Burunov as Vodyanoy, a merman
• Elena Valyushkina as Galina, Princess Varvara’s mother, and the wife of Ilya Muromets
• Kirill Zaytsev as Finist the Falcon, the bogatyr is a warrior
• Timofey Tribuntsev as the white mage Svetozar, a starets

Garik Kharlamov the voice of Kolobok.

• Garik Kharlamov as Kolobok, (voice)
• Aleksandr Semchev as Chudo-Yudo, a monster
• Yuriy Tsurilo as Ilya Muromets, the bogatyr is a warrior
• Vladislav Vetrov as Belogor / Rogoleb, (voice)
• Andrey Trushin as a visiting bogatyr is a warrior

Production[]

Development[]

The writers of the film The Last Warrior: Root of Evil continued to follow the canon begun in the first film: they did not only invite evil spirits (Koschei, Baba Yaga, Vodyanoy) to their fairy tale, but also added new magical assistants - and above all, a stunning, dashing Kolobok.

Marina Zhigalova-Ozkan, Disney Studios in Russia and the CIS, added.

Filming[]

Principal photography of the film was shot on Krestovaya Hill near the city of Gubakha in the Urals, Krasnodar Krai and Republic of Karelia, and the main, where the whole city was, took place in the Moscow Oblast suburbs, where a special city was constructed for the film.

Filming began in June 2020. In the photographs from the set, various decorations were seen: huts, ice warriors. At the same time, it is known that the events of the film will take place both in winter and in summer.

Release[]

The film was scheduled for release on December 24, 2020, but following the outbreak, it was decided to move the premiere date to January 1, 2021.

Marketing[]

On December 5, 2019, the first teaser trailer for the film was posted on the Odnoklassniki website.^[8]

Reception[]

Box office[]

In the first week of distribution, the film grossed a whole billion rubles at the box office, and according to preliminary forecasts of Igromania magazine, the film has a chance to bypass the fees of the previous part and collect two billion rubles for the entire rental period. By the end of January 2021, the film was able to overcome the bar of two billion rubles, which is twenty-six and a half million dollars.

Sequels[]

Filming for a sequel known as The Last Warrior 3 was held in the suburbs of Moscow and in the town of Barvikha. Filming for the film took place in the fall of 2019 and the film is scheduled for release in 2022. The film is directed by Dmitriy Dyachenko (director of previous films) produced by Eduard Iloyan, Marina Zhigalova-Ozkan and Vitaliy Shlyappo, according to a script written by Dimitriy Yan and Pavel Danilov, starring Viktor Khorinyak.

See also[]

• The Last Warrior (2017 film)
• The Last Warrior: A Messenger of Darkness (2021 film)

References[]

External links[]

• The Last Warrior: Root of Evil at IMDb