Written by Old Bluffer 25th May 2007
Kindly written by Mad Movie Mathew
Hired by Howard Saint, The Russian is a huge, silent wrecking machine. With bleached blonde hair and a red-and-white striped shirt, you'd be forgiven for thinking he looks like a sailor. However, he can take one hell of a beating, not to mention dish it out. He's played by former WWE wrestler "Big Sexy" Kevin Nash.
Frank Castle, avenging the deaths of his entire family, gets a knock at the door. He opens it to see the Russian in the doorway. He shuts it, but the Russian barges through. The pair grapple and Frank discovers he's going to need to fight dirty to kill the Russian - none of his punches even seem to hurt the Russian. Frank grabs a butterfly knife and jams it into the Russian's shoulder. No pain at all.
The Russian presses Frank against a shelf. The Russian tries to stab Frank with the knife. Frank wrestles to stop the blade, but slowly the Russian stabs Frank in the bicep, and unlike the Russian he does feel pain. Frank gets a box from the top shelf and whacks it over the Russian's head, freeing himself.
They continue to fight, with Frank trying to grab anything he can to get an advantage. Unfortunately, the Russian either takes them from Frank's reach or simply sneers at the futile attempts. Eventually, Frank is thrown into his bathroom. Frank grabs a grenade hidden in his sink and throws it at the Russian. The Russian bats it back inside. Frank dives into the bath and survives the following explosion (that's one strong bath). The Russian follows and throws Frank through a wall.
Did I mention that Frank's friends Joan, Dave and Bumpo are singing to an Italian Opera? Well they are. This is probably why they seem to ignore the large explosion next door. The pair barge back to where they started and Frank goes for a gun in a hidden drawer. The Russian crushes the gun with a weight and Frank can only stare at the bent gun before getting thrown through another wall into the hallway.
The fight breaks (literally) into where Joan, Dave and Bumpo are cooking and singing. The Russian presses Frank against a cooker but Frank releases himself by using his knees to push the Russian back. He quickly grabs a pan full of hot oil and throws it into the Russian's face. The grab bag works, and the Russian screams in agony as he is scalded. (Ouch!)
The Russian is certainly weakened by this last attack and Frank takes his chance to finish off the Russian. He spears him through a wooden stair-rail and they both fall down the stairs. Frank's friends check to see if Frank's OK. "I'm OK... He's not," Frank assures them, pointing at the Russian's dead body, before collapsing himself.
Thanks for the writeup Matt, I haven't watched this film yet.
I'm unclear as to the manner of death - how did he get "speared"?
Also, is he a minor baddie?
Castle runs at the Russian and rams/spears (I was thinking a bit too much on the wrestling side of things here) him through the staircase, hence why they both end up going down the stairs.
He is a very minor baddy and only appears for this sequence.
Did I mention the burn make-up for the scolding is really nasty? Well, it is.
Shouldn't you add "killed with"?
Well he wasn't exactly killed by a weapon, so it doesn't count.
He was speared wasn't he? And some deaths do list the killing item as "fall"
No, when I said "speared" I meant he was rammed by Castle in a sort of tackle. (a move, which in wrestling, is called a Spear)
Then say the killing object is whatever he landed on. Like how I put "Pavement" for Strack in Darkman.
Shouldn't this be "Broken Neck"? From what I saw in the movie, there was a pool of blood under the Russian's head, plus he'd gone down the stairs. More than that, I saw spoilers for the movie online which revealed that during the stairway spearing, albiet unseen, Castle twisted the Russian's head 180 damn degrees. That should definitely count for "Broken Neck" So let's have it, please.
When checked by his friends if he's OK, Frank Castle didn't say "I'm OK." He correctly replied with "I'm fine... he's not."
anyone know where to buy the shirt nash was wearing as the russian? it's sweet
I don't see any fire or pics.