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2009 film by Aleksandr Voytinskiy, Dmitriy Kiselev

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Black Lightning is a 2009 Russian action, science fiction, and fantasy superhero film. The movie was directed by Dmitry Kiselyov and Aleksandr Voytinskiy, with Sergey Trofimov serving as director of photography. The cast includes Sergei Garmash, Viktor Verzhbitsky, Ekaterina Starshova, and Ekaterina Vilkova. Music for the film was composed by Aleksandr Voytinskiy and Yuri Poteyenko.

Produced by Timur Bekmambetov, the film was created by production companies Universal Pictures, Focus Features, Bazelevs, and Tabbak. It was filmed in Moscow, which also serves as the narrative location. The film has a runtime of 102 minutes and was released on December 28, 2009, with additional dates listed as December 31, 2009. It is part of the Arrowverse media franchise.

Financial details vary by source, with reported budgets of 8,000,000 and 15,000,000, and box office revenues of 20,984,902 and 21,500,000. The film received a vote average of 6.292 on TMDb and a rating of 5.6 on IMDb. It was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix, primarily through video on demand.

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Film · TMDB

6.3

A Moscow University student discovers that his otherwise unremarkable car can fly. After his father is attacked, he decides to use the car to fight crime and becomes the city's defender against an evil millionaire.

Released: 2009-12-28102 minDir: Dmitry KiselevScience Fiction, Action, AdventureBudget: $8.0MBox office: $21.0M

Cast

  • Grigoriy Dobrygin as Dima
  • Ekaterina Vilkova as Nastya
  • Viktor Verzhbitskiy as Viktor
  • Yekaterina Vasilyeva as Romantseva
  • Juozas Budraitis as Elizarov
  • Ivan Zhidkov as Maks

Themes

  • superhero
  • moscow, russia

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Ratings

IMDb

5.6/10

5,788 votes

Year
2009
Runtime
102 min
Genres
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
Russia
Original language
Russian
Production company
Focus Features
Cinematographer
Sergey Trofimov
Narrative location
Moscow
Filming location
Moscow
Duration
102
FilmAffinity ID
868356
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
2009-12-31
title
Чёрная Молния
capital cost
15000000
box office
21500000
distributed by
Netflix
media franchise
Arrowverse
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