The Last Warrior: A Messenger of Darkness

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The Last Warrior: A Messenger of Darkness
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Teaser poster
Directed byDmitry Dyachenko
Written by
  • Vitaly Shlyappo
  • Dimitri Yan
  • Vasily Kutsenko
  • Pavel Danilov
  • Igor Tudvasev
Produced by
  • Kakhaber Abashidze
  • Eduard Iloyan
  • Vitaly Shlyappo
  • Denis Zhalinsky
  • Aleksandr Kushaev
Starring
CinematographyPavel Kapinos
Music byGeorge Kallis
Production
companies
Distributed byDisney Studios
Release date
  • December 23, 2021 (2021-12-23)
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Budget₽454 237 000
Box office₽2 billion[1]

The Last Warrior: A Messenger of Darkness (Russian: Последний богатырь: Посланник Тьмы, lit. 'The Last Bogatyr: A Messenger of Darkness'; also known as The Last Warrior 3) is a 2021 Russian fantasy comedy film, a sequel to The Last Warrior: Root of Evil (2021) and is the third and final installment in The Last Warrior series.[2]

The film is directed by Dmitry Dyachenko,[3][4] the film stars Viktor Khorinyak, Mila Sivatskaya, Ekaterina Vilkova, Elena Yakovleva, Konstantin Lavronenko, and Sergey Burunov. However, the triquel will not do without new characters. For example, viewers will be able to see a rather unusual story of the Firebird: according to the plot, she fled from Belogorie due to the tough "dictatorship" of Koschei and is hiding in modern Moscow, reincarnated as a man. The role of the undercover fairy tale character will be played by Philipp Kirkorov.

It was theatrically released in Russian by Walt Disney Studios on December 23, 2021.[5]

As of January 9, 2022, the film became the 9th highest-grossing local-language release of all time in Russia, surpassing The Last Warrior with 1.88 billion rubles ($25.5 million). In Russia, the film holds the 9th place biggest box-office audiences. This was Disney Russia's fourth film produced specifically for the Russian market, with the previous being The Last Warrior (2017), The Last Warrior: Root of Evil (2021), and The Book of Masters (2009).

Plot[]

The Firebird is forced to leave Belogorie because of the cruel Koschei and go to modern Moscow in the form of a man.

Cast[]

Production[]

Filming[]

Principal photography took place simultaneously with the filming of the previous part, entitled The Last Warrior: Root of Evil. The work was carried out in the city of Sochi, in the Republic of Karelia, and in the Perm Krai, as well as in Moscow and the Moscow Oblast, where a whole small town was rebuilt especially for filming - with a palace, trading rows and log cabins.

Reception[]

Box office[]

Having been released at the same time as the film Spider-Man: No Way Home, and A Messenger of Darkness collected 498 million rubles at the box office in eight days. By January 3, 2022, the film's box office receipts reached one billion rubles.

References[]

  1. ^ Box Office, Russian Cinema Fund`s Analytics (RCFA)
  2. ^ Khoroshilova, Tatiana (August 7, 2020). "Завершается работа над фильмом-сказкой "Последний богатырь-3"" [The work on the fairy-tale film The Last Warrior 3 is coming to an end]. Union State (in Russian). Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "Минкульт разрешил прокат одного из главных новогодних блокбастеров" [The Ministry of Culture allowed the rental of one of the main New Year's blockbusters]. RBK Group (in Russian). December 15, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  4. ^ Glyba, Konstantin (December 15, 2021). "В новой драме "Бешенство" Алексей Серебряков сыграет отца, спасающего сына от наркомании в тайге" [In the new drama "Rabies", Aleksei Serebryakov will play the father saving his son from drug addiction in the taiga]. Komsomol Truth (in Russian). Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  5. ^ ""Последний богатырь 3": что известно о новом фильме" [The Last Warrior 3: what is known about the new film]. Vesti.ru (in Russian). January 4, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2021.

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