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V2. Escape from Hell

Name: V2. Escape from Hell
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Genre: War, Action, Drama
Released: 2021-04-29
Duration: 118 min
Cast: Pavel Priluchnyy, Pavel Chinaryov, Kirill Pletnyov, Timofey Tribuntsev, Aleksey Filimonov

2021 · 1h 58m · War, Action, Drama

If you're craving a gripping war escape thriller with real historical stakes, V2 delivers the goods—a Soviet pilot's audacious hijacking from a Nazi concentration camp is exactly the kind of nerve-wracking, high-stakes drama that justifies a night in. Skip it only if you need something lighter, but for fans of tense, fact-based action cinema, this one's a solid watch.

Plot

Mikhail Devyatayev, a captured Soviet pilot who leads an escape from a German concentration camp by hijacking an aircraft.

Director: Timur Bekmambetov

Cast: Pavel Priluchnyy, Pavel Chinaryov, Kirill Pletnyov, Timofey Tribuntsev, Aleksey Filimonov

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