Reviewed by Nyquill of The Gutter

So in this tale Stephen Dorff is a jewel thief that botches “get it” a job at the last minute due to an unfortunate accident. He escapes the disastrous event and makes it back to the head russkie in charge who is not to happy with him. Supposedly Dorff is the son of a Russian mother who was helped by this crime lord to escape to America. So Steven has to do these jobs for him to repay the debt that is owed from his family. He gets one more chance from the man in charge. What he has to do is go to an executive building in Moscow where there is a cross that is believed to be a possession of Ivan the terrible. Dorf has no choice but to agree and sets out to complete this task with the help of two commie brothers with very distinct difference on how they perceive a heist should be done. One is a passive the other completely insane. When they arrive at the location the insane one feels he has to kill the witness to the crime, which was not a part of the plan. They try to exit but are surrounded in the elevator by what seems to be employees (headed by the hot British chick from Dexter) a bunch of religious fanatics and a security guard. Dorff’s insane partner tries to force the people off the elevator but it’s too late. That’s when the problems start.

            First, the elevator stops on a random floor and seems to shut it’s self off. They are contacted by the authorities, they know of the hostages and they need to negotiate with them to get them off. The messed up thing is when they send a hostage to be freed, he ends up getting his head chopped off. Now I don’t know about you but that doesn’t sound like something police in any country would do. Of course that freaks Dorff and hostages out and they find out they are in a cat and mouse game with the people they stole the jewels from. I will say this movie was very entertaining, and totally gives you a action comedy feel until the blood start showing up, then you know you have hit horror movie land. I will also say pay attention to the killer in the film for a gracious amount of comic relief. The characters are pretty well though out for such a film that it is but they all work together flawlessly. Once again you have to give kudos to the UK casting agencies that seem to always put workable characters together in British horror films anyone seen “The Descent”. Dorff doesn’t do a bad job with his always I’m a James Dean remade actor role, and the chick from Dexter is hot as ever and there is a scene with her ear that will make you close your eyes and thank the horror god you were blessed eyelids. Go rent it tonight!

7/10