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      Black Lightning

      2009 1h 39m Sci-Fi Adventure List
      Reviews 54% 500+ Ratings Audience Score A young man uses a flying car to defend Moscow from criminals. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Feb 14 Buy Now

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      Audience Member Pretty humorous with a lot of action. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member It's a Russian flying car superhero movie; need I say more? Fun cross between Spiderman and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Take the Spiderman movie, replace New York with Moscow, the spider suit with a flying GAZ-21 Volga, the green goblin by some billionaire in a flying Mercedes, throw in a bit of Iron Man, Batman as well as Transformers.... and you pretty much get "Chernaya Molniya". Say what you want, but this movie is just a Russian cocktail, throwing together several of the recent American superhero movies. Only, "Chernaya Molniya" is actually better, but I can't really pin down exactly why. Is it the Russian music, the Russian humor or just the overall exotic nature of a big budget comic style movie taking place in the heart of Moscow, with Russian actors and spoken in Russian? I don't know or care, really. All I can say is that I enjoyed this movie, in spite of its very cliché plot, its very cliché action scenes and its strangely familiar Hollywood style atmosphere. For those who're in the mood for some light entertainment but are tired of the same old Hollywood crap, this film is something like a subtle breath of fresh air. It has all the familiar plot twists, all the clichés and the same atmosphere of a comic style Hollywood blockbuster movie, but it's served by a Russian cast and a Russian director... that in some way makes it not just bearable but even enjoyable to a guy like me who's tired of the same old Hollywood crap. But maybe that's just me. Hate it or like it... but this is a movie I'm sure you'll remember. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Another entertaining "near-real" superhero film and it came up from somewhere in Russia. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Quand les russes ne savent pas quoi faire ils font un mélange d'un peu de Transformers et de beaucoup de Spiderman ... bon ok ils plagient totalement Spiderman en enlevant l'araignée.. et ça donne Black Lightning / L'éclair noir. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member A Russian college student goes superhero with his flying car after his dad is killed by a purse snatcher. Fun sci-fi flick. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Shelagh Rowan-Legg That Shelf There is not necessarily anything very new in this film...However, this does not make it boring. On the contrary, its particular Russian take on the genre keeps it exciting May 18, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A young man uses a flying car to defend Moscow from criminals.
      Director
      Dmitry Kiselyov, Aleksandr Voytinskiy
      Screenwriter
      Dmitriy Aleynikov
      Production Co
      Bazelevs Production
      Genre
      Sci-Fi, Adventure
      Original Language
      Russian
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Sep 26, 2011
      Runtime
      1h 39m
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