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The Rider Named Death (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 14

Fresh: 10

Rotten:4

Average Rating: 6/10

Rated: Not Rated

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Mar 18, 2005 Limited

Synopsis: An active participant in the killing of Russian governors and ministers (including the 1904 assassination of Interior minister V. K. Plehve), Boris Savinkov (1879-1925) became a leader of the... An active participant in the killing of Russian governors and ministers (including the 1904 assassination of Interior minister V. K. Plehve), Boris Savinkov (1879-1925) became a leader of the terrorist faction of Russia's Socialist-Revolutionary Party. Perceived as moderates next to the Bolshevik party—which campaigned for a Communist revolution—the Socialist-Revolutionaries were a key segment of a broad leftist coalition opposing the regime of Nicholas II, the last Russian Tzar, before the Bolshevik Party assumed power in 1917. THE RIDER NAMED DEATH is based on The Pale Horse, the 1909 novel by Boris Savinkov. Early twentieth-century Russia is shocked by a series of cold-blooded assassinations carried out by the notorious Combat Organization of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, a radical left-wing group that seeks political power by terrorizing high government officials. The group's fanatical and cynical mastermind is George, himself an assassin, a man willing to die for his delusional ideals. His accomplices are the bomb-maker Erne, who is passionately devoted to him, and bomb throwers Vanya, a romantic and naïve student, and Fyodor, a worker leading a miserable, joyless life. Their main objective is to assassinate Grand Duke Sergei Aleksandrovich, the Moscow governor general. Focusing on the group's aspirations and their strongly contrasting feelings, THE RIDER NAMED DEATH tells a story of terror used as a last resort to achieve love, revenge, and a better future for the world's largest nation. An in-depth exploration of the motives and intellectual justifications of a revolutionary assassin, THE RIDER NAMED DEATH portrays these controversial events with rare complexity, showing the diverse background of those who joined the terrorist cause against the crumbling Russian Tzar regime at the turn of the century. -- © Kino International [More]

Director: Karen Shakhnazarov

Director: Karen Shakhnazarov
Studio: Kino International

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08/16/07
Trevor Johnston
Time Out New York

Could have been livelier and more suspenseful given the subject matter, but it remains effectively made throughout.

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03/01/07
Eric Monder
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01/21/06
AV Club

It's worth a look; maybe there's more to Georges's blank slate than can be gleaned on one viewing, and the beginning and end of the film are worth the price of admission.

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01/21/06
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
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01/21/06
Tim Cogshell
Boxoffice Magazine

Exquisite, self-contained curio.

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07/29/05
Ronnie Scheib
Variety
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Shakhnazarov's film effortlessly captures the times and the author's conflicted yet unyielding attitude, yet it never draws any conclusions -- the film remains under glass. It's watchable, nevertheless.

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07/29/05
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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The film gives viewers a rare glimpse of prerevolutionary Moscow. And be happy that it's only a glimpse.

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06/10/05
E! Online

The force of the film is not as profound as Shakhnazarov clearly intended, and The Rider Named Death is easier to respect than enjoy.

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06/09/05
Kevin Crust
Los Angeles Times
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... a colorful, bustling recreation of 1906 Moscow and an unexpectedly uneasy view of this people's revolution.

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05/12/05
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

This is one of the rare films where you can not only see, but feel the sweat.

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03/22/05
Kent Turner
Film-Forward.com

Think of it as a dark, suspenseful scenario penned by Joseph Conrad and designed by Toulouse-Lautrec and Auguste Renoir, and jump right in.

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03/18/05
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

You have to wonder why Shakhnazarov, one of Russian's most experienced filmmakers, didn't take more care with the script.

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03/18/05
V.A. Musetto
New York Post
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There are few real revelations to be found among these curiously dispassionate radicals, making the overall experience sort of like seeing the movie, instead of reading the book.

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03/18/05
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
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If you like your antiheroes tall, pale and existential, you won't do better than Georges, the anti-czarist assassin at the heart of Karen Shakhnazarov's historical drama Rider Named Death.

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03/17/05
Dana Stevens
New York Times
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Political film short on politics

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03/17/05
Louis Proyect
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Shakhnazarov's movie doesn't quite rise to the possibilities, preferring a slack narrative line, an oddly underpopulated urban vibe, and an overall air of life-is-cheap detachment.

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03/15/05
Michael Atkinson
Village Voice
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