Operation Odessa

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Operation Odessa

2018

1h 33m

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In the early 1990s, three friends set out to hustle the Russian mob, the Cali cartel and the DEA for the score of a lifetime.

Nick Schager

The Daily Beast

Operation Odessa is such an unbelievably wild, entertaining documentary that the dullness of its title is a borderline crime against itself.

Apr 2, 2018

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John Anderson

Wall Street Journal

Mr. Russell has a fluid hand with the visuals, which are always clever-the "Miami Vice"-style graphics and pulse rate evoke the era in question, and the sense of heedless forward motion suggests the Cinema of Excess.

Mar 30, 2018

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Allen Almachar

The MacGuffin

At times my mouth was agape at the audacity of these men's life choices.

Rated: B

Jul 17, 2020

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CJ Johnson

Film Mafia

As rollicking a documentary about heavy criminals as you get ... This is wild stuff. If you love the 'Cocaine Cowboy' oeuvre you'll hoover this up.

Rated: 3.5/5

Apr 27, 2018

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Glenn Garvin

Reason Online

You can ignore the political implications and just enjoy Operation Odessa as a madcap black comedy about three guys who are half-genius and half-oaf blundering in and out of harrowingly scary situations.

Apr 5, 2018

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Christopher Llewellyn Reed

Hammer to Nail

Flashy as all get out, with split screens, stylish graphics and peppy music galore, the documentary is full of pizzazz from start to finish.

Mar 27, 2018

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Esse C

Like the reality version of Scarface or Tony Montana meets dumb and dumber. Great storytelling in the first person. Crazy story!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/18/24

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Audience Member

A fun but informative documentary on the pinnacle of 90s Russian criminals coming up against the cartels and US forces

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

An unbelievable, legendary story, told hilariously by reminiscing OGs.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

This is f***ng awesome! The real story about 3 friends in crime.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Audience Member

I was gob smacked by what these guy pulled off "and lived to tell the tale"... It was also a stark reminder of how utterly boring my life is by comparison. I'd give an organ (or two) to party with the Russian bear. I probably wouldn't need them anymore in the aftermath.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

This movie was awesome! But i hear Juan Almeida is writing a book with the FULL story... He talks about it on his IG (@officialjuanalmeida) and he has lots of pictures with Tarzan too from back in the days (@tarzan_lyosha).. If you haven't watched it yet.... You're missing out! MIND BLOWING story.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Tiller Russell

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Dick Gregorie

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Richard Gregorie

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Eli Holzman

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Synopsis

In the early 1990s, three friends set out to hustle the Russian mob, the Cali cartel and the DEA for the score of a lifetime.

Director: Tiller Russell
Producer: Eli Holzman, Aaron Saidman
Production Co: Scotty Gelt Productions
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2018
Runtime: 1h 33m

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