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A correct, honest and modest Chinese policeman, Desheng, arrives in Russia under a special experience exchange program and becomes a partner to the reckless Moscow operative Kostya. The Metropolitan Opera has watched Hong Kong action movies all his childhood and is now preparing to smash the criminal world with the partner of his dreams, and at the same time clearly explain to Desheng what it means to be Russian.
Victor Gromov, once a legend of Moscow’s criminal underworld known under the nickname “Butcher”, has since retired and now spends his days enjoying life on his farm. One day, Victor’s former “colleagues” show up and tell him that he must store the mafia’s common fund in his offshore bank account. Victor has no choice but to help them. Several months later, on the day when he is supposed to give the money back, Victor gets hit on the head by a falling billboard. As a result, he forgets the password to his bank account. Fleeing for his life from his former cronies, Victor decides to hide in a freight train’s boxcar but ends up getting locked inside. The train departs, and several days later he finds himself thousands of kilometers away from Moscow, in a small northern town called Polyarny, which, as it turns out, is not so easy to get out of...
