The action of this adventure film follows a real-life story. A Soviet vessel was carrying a cargo of the opium for pharmacological industry. The present-day pirates, going after a rich loot, had treacherously captured the ship and its crew. Unwilling to leave any witnesses of their armed assault, the pirates tried to eliminate the whole crew. A fierce mid-ocean fight ensued between a handful of Soviet sailors and the modern-day bandits that knew no mercy. The well-known karate specialists participated in the shooting. Judging by box-office figures, at the time of its release the film had been viewed by every third moviegoer.
Pervyy otechestvennyy boevik. Samyy kassovyy sovetskiy fil'm, sobravshiy v god vyhoda na e'krany 87.6 millionov rubley. V mirnoe vremya po moryu plyvet sovetskiy korabl' s gruzom opiuma dlya farmacevticheskoy promyshlennosti. I vdrug... krik: `Chelovek za bortom!`
Special features:
Interview with script writer S. Govorukhin, director B. Durov, leading actor N. Eremenko Jr., stunts director T. Kasyianov.
