I mean, the director had them all shouting for no reason (e.g. at the beginning when they were looking for the bathroom
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JaxSnyder — 16 years ago(October 19, 2009 06:49 PM)
I mean, the director had them all shouting for no reason (e.g. at the beginning when they were looking for the bathroom and that lady started yelling or when Jessie was knocking on the bathroom door to look for Roy) and their reaction is absurd - just because they are supposedly Russians, doesn't mean they're idiots too wtf, I was really pissed at the way they had them behave doesn't make any f sense! That's just another cretinous stereotype gone overboard
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russellsolomon — 16 years ago(December 29, 2009 05:27 AM)
Haha. I noticed this too.
When I was in Moscow, no one yelled at me like the Russians portrayed in this movie.
They did almost confiscate my camera at a train station in St. Petersburg, though. However, I guess I deserved it- I was being super touristy and snapping photos at everything.
I apologized, and the militsia officer gave me back my camera after thumbing through my photos on my digital screen! I guess he saw all the photos were touristy and I was not trying to steal top secret space plans or something like that. -
PVarjak — 16 years ago(December 31, 2009 08:29 PM)
Actually, when I was in Russia, some of the guards etc. WERE like that. A friend taking a picture of a tower in Red Square angered a uniformed guard, who ran at us yelling. It was actually like something from a movie and somewhat comical. I mean there were lots of tourists taking pictures in one of Moscow's most touristy spots!
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Tolsdorff — 16 years ago(March 28, 2010 03:09 PM)
I'm surprised that the Hitman didn't react to the dab of Heroin that he tasted
when the Mother dolls containing dope were turned over to the two Narco Detectives.
Assuming it was being smuggled it was conceivably pure and probably very potent.
The Detective cracks open the tourist doll and dabs his finger into the brown powder and licks it, without any appreciable effect. -
chiponmashoulda — 15 years ago(July 28, 2010 12:38 AM)
Heroin is most potent when sniffed, smoked or injected(highest potency as it goes directly into the blood stream). Ingestion takes a much much higher dose to get the desired affect. I hope that answers the question as to why a tiny amount of heroin on a man's pointing finger had no significant affects on his mental state.
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andrea-kathleen — 15 years ago(July 09, 2010 12:45 AM)
I was in the westernized, modern part of Russia and I still got some of the random yelling that was depicted in the movie. Not much, mind you, but some. Usually, I don't think they were even really that pissed they just kind of yell. Like they'd be passionately shouting and seeming really angry, and then a few moments later after I tried to explain something in broken Russian, they'd be laughing and smiling and trying to help, then shouting again a few moments later.
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Tchoutoye — 15 years ago(August 22, 2010 05:45 AM)
The Russians are all nuts because the director is American.
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dumpfile1313 — 11 years ago(July 07, 2014 11:43 AM)
Best answer. Kind of ironic given Hollywood leans very liberal and liberals always attribute everything to an -ism.
But Russia is very corrupt and Russians can be a bit strange and not know to smile much.
Funny story about visiting Russia.
Bert Kreischer is The Machine (from Joe Rogan Experience #95)
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franzkabuki — 12 years ago(April 04, 2014 03:12 PM)
This kinda thing is of course overdone here since Americans continuously deem it necessary to feed the public easily consumed stereotypes, but things in Russia are often quite weird indeed. For instance, as has been noted by folks with Rooskie experience, there is an unfortunate tendency for otherwise nice folk to turn into abusive tyrants once they get to wear a uniform and act from a position of authority.
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fridaynight-1 — 9 years ago(January 08, 2017 04:33 AM)
Because they are not Russians. They are not even speaking Russian, even though use Russian words. They sound like someone used google translate to write their lines.
I guess Lithuanian actors could pronounce Russian words, but didn't even bother to tell the director that nobody actually speaks like that.