The Last Warrior: A Messenger of Darkness

The Last Warrior: A Messenger of Darkness
The Last Warrior: A Messenger of Darkness
	File:The Last Warrior 3 poster.png Teaser poster
Directed by	Dmitry Dyachenko
Written by	Vitaly Shlyappo; Dimitri Yan; Vasily Kutsenko; Pavel Danilov; Igor Tudvasev;
Based on	Russian: Bogatyr ; English: Hero or Warrior
Produced by	Kakhaber Abashidze; Eduard Iloyan; Vitaly Shlyappo; Denis Zhalinsky; Aleksandr Kushaev;
Starring	Viktor Khorinyak; Mila Sivatskaya; Ekaterina Vilkova; Elena Yakovleva; Konstantin Lavronenko; Sergey Burunov; Elena Valyushkina; Garik Kharlamov; Timofey Tribuntsev;
Cinematography	Pavel Kapinos
Music by	George Kallis
Production; companies	Buena Vista International; Walt Disney Pictures; The Walt Disney Company CIS; Yellow, Black and White;
Distributed by	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International
Release date	23 December 2021;
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Russia
Language	Russian
Budget	₽454 million
Box office	₽2.196 billion; $27 million;

The Last Warrior: A Messenger of Darkness (Russian: Последний богатырь: Посланник тьмы, lit. 'The Last Bogatyr: A Messenger of Darkness'; also known as The Last Warrior 3) is a 2021 Russian fantasy comedy film, a sequel to The Last Warrior: Root of Evil (2021) and is the third and final installment in The Last Warrior series.^[2]

The film is directed by Dmitry Dyachenko^[3]^[4] and stars Viktor Khorinyak, Mila Sivatskaya, Ekaterina Vilkova, Elena Yakovleva, Konstantin Lavronenko, Sergey Burunov and Philipp Kirkorov.

It was theatrically released in Russian by Walt Disney Studios on 23 December 2021. The film was also shown in IMAX cinemas^[5]

As of 9 January 2022 the film became the 9th highest-grossing local-language release of all time in Russia, surpassing The Last Warrior with 1.88 billion rubles ($25.5 million). In Russia, the film holds the 9th place biggest box-office audiences. This was Disney Russia's fourth and last film produced specifically for the Russian market, with the previous being The Book of Masters (2009), The Last Warrior (2017), and The Last Warrior: Root of Evil (2021). It also was the last Disney film released in Russia before Disney paused all business in Russia caused by 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Plot

The Firebird is forced to leave Belogorie because of the cruel Koschei and go to modern Moscow in the form of a man.

Cast

Viktor Khorinyak as Ivan Ilyich Muromets / Ivan Ilyich Naydenov, said Moscow
Mila Sivatskaya as Vasilisa the Wise
Elena Yakovleva as Baba Yaga
Konstantin Lavronenko as Koschei
Sergey Burunov as Vodyanoy, a merman
Elena Valyushkina as Galina, Ivan Ilyich Muromets's mother
Garik Kharlamov as Kolobok (voice)
Timofey Tribuntsev as the white mage Svetozar
Philipp Kirkorov as The Firebird (in human form)
Anna Gulyarenko as Kikimora
Anna Yakunina as Kikimora
Yuriy Tsurilo as Ilya Muromets, the bogatyr and Ivan Ilyich Muromets's father
Yevgeny Dyatlov as Dobrynya Nikitich, the bogatyr
Wolfgang Cerny as Alyosha Popovich, the bogatyr
Vladislav Vetrov as Belogor / Rogoleb (voice)
Ekaterina Vilkova as Princess Varvara
Kirill Zaytsev as Finist the Falcon, the bogatyr

Production

Filming

Principal photography took place simultaneously with the filming of the previous part, entitled The Last Warrior: Root of Evil. The work was carried out in the city of Sochi, in the Republic of Karelia, and in the Perm Krai, as well as in Moscow and the Moscow Oblast, where a whole small town was rebuilt especially for filming - with a palace, trading rows and log cabins.

Reception

Box office

Having been released at the same time as the film Spider-Man: No Way Home, and A Messenger of Darkness collected 498 million rubles at the box office in eight days. By 3 January 2022 the film's box office receipts reached one billion rubles.

References

^ Box Office, Russian Cinema Fund`s Analytics (RCFA)
^ Khoroshilova, Tatiana (August 7, 2020). "Завершается работа над фильмом-сказкой "Последний богатырь-3"" [The work on the fairy-tale film The Last Warrior 3 is coming to an end]. Union State (in Russian). Retrieved June 9, 2021.
^ "Минкульт разрешил прокат одного из главных новогодних блокбастеров" [The Ministry of Culture allowed the rental of one of the main New Year's blockbusters]. RBK Group (in Russian). December 15, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
^ Glyba, Konstantin (December 15, 2021). "В новой драме "Бешенство" Алексей Серебряков сыграет отца, спасающего сына от наркомании в тайге" [In the new drama "Rabies", Aleksei Serebryakov will play the father saving his son from drug addiction in the taiga]. Komsomol Truth (in Russian). Retrieved June 9, 2021.
^ ""Последний богатырь 3": что известно о новом фильме" [The Last Warrior 3: what is known about the new film]. Vesti.ru (in Russian). January 4, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2021.

External links

The Last Warrior: A Messenger of Darkness at IMDb

[1] Box Office, Russian Cinema Fund`s Analytics (RCFA)

[2] Khoroshilova, Tatiana (August 7, 2020). "Завершается работа над фильмом-сказкой "Последний богатырь-3"" [The work on the fairy-tale film The Last Warrior 3 is coming to an end]. Union State (in Russian). Retrieved June 9, 2021.

[3] "Минкульт разрешил прокат одного из главных новогодних блокбастеров" [The Ministry of Culture allowed the rental of one of the main New Year's blockbusters]. RBK Group (in Russian). December 15, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2021.

[4] Glyba, Konstantin (December 15, 2021). "В новой драме "Бешенство" Алексей Серебряков сыграет отца, спасающего сына от наркомании в тайге" [In the new drama "Rabies", Aleksei Serebryakov will play the father saving his son from drug addiction in the taiga]. Komsomol Truth (in Russian). Retrieved June 9, 2021.

[5] ""Последний богатырь 3": что известно о новом фильме" [The Last Warrior 3: what is known about the new film]. Vesti.ru (in Russian). January 4, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2021.

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