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Mozg begins to threaten and swear at the duo and Sergei kills him with a sudden shot to the temple. Soon after, Koron and Bala return to the apartment and are held up at gunpoint by Sergei and Simon. Koron gives up the location of the heroin and Sergei invites each of Koron's gang to play a round of
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in 1995, to an interrogation scene between a torturer and a gagged prisoner. Three masked men barge in with pistols. The leader of the masked men takes off his disguise and it is revealed that he is a police officer named Stepan. Stepan shoots the torturer in the head and takes a piece of paper from
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This film is a first attempt at a comedic movie by
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Sergei and Simon go to Koron's apartment, but only find
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Mikhalych, he orders them to find Stepan, discover where the drugs were taken, and then kill him. The duo arrive to Stepan's apartment and torture him. Stepan confesses that he was behind the ambush and tells them where to find Koron and the heroin, after which
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Mikhalych orders Sergei and Simon to exchange a suitcase full of money for a suitcase with five kilograms of heroin with an associate. On the way, they stop at a McDonaldβs, where they meet their old friend, the bandit Kaban; Kaban tries to convince Sergei to go legit and advises them him to think
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As Sergei lays bleeding on the couch, Simon calls a friend, a punk named
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Stepan learned about
Mikhalych's plan for the exchange from the piece of paper in the Executioner's pocket and hired Koron to intercept Sergei and Simon. Shortly after, Stepan also hires another bandit, a longtime enemy of his nicknamed "Mozg", to kill Koron's gang after the job and deliver the
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After arriving at the lab, Sergei attempts to do the talking, but is ambushed and the situation ends with Simon shooting everyone in the lab. To try to make up for the situation going wrong, the two collect the remaining drugs to appease
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deputy and Simon is his assistant. Together, they own a securities trading firm. Mikhalych now works for them as a security guard, and his son Vladik works for the duo as an errand boy. Simon states that living in Russia, compared to the 1990s, has become more difficult.
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