Distributed by :Mirsand (Russia) STXfilms (International) Production companies Huayi Brothers Pictures Bazelevs Versus Pictures
Directed by :Ilya Naishuller
Written by :Ilya Naishuller
Produced by :Timur Bekmambetov Inga Vainshtein Smith Ilya Naishuller Ekaterina Kononenko Starring Sharlto Copley Danila Kozlovsky Haley Bennett Svetlana Ustinova Tim Roth Cinematography Sergey Valyaev Andrey Dementiev Ilya Naishuller Pasha Kapinos Vsevolod Kaptur Fedor Lyass
Edited by :Steve Mirkovich
Music by :Dasha Charusha Synopsis A man wakes inside a laboratory on an airship. A scientist, Estelle, tells him his name is Henry, she is his wife, and that he has been revived from an accident that left him amnesiac and mute. She replaces his missing limbs with cybernetic prostheses, but mercenaries led by the psychokinetic Akan raid the ship before she can replace Henry’s voice. Akan claims all of Estelle’s research is his corporate property. He kills Estelle’s scientists, but Henry and Estelle flee in an escape pod, landing in Moscow. The mercenaries follow and abduct Estelle. Jimmy finds and resuscitates Henry, only to be shelled by a tank. After killing the tank crew and fending off a helicopter, Henry finds another Jimmy, who leads him to an abandoned hotel, and a hidden laboratory. Here, the original Jimmy—a quadriplegic scientist—reveals that he is seeking revenge against Akan, who crippled him after his own cyborg super-soldiers failed. The other Jimmys are clones – based on aspects of Jimmy’s personality – that he can control via a headset. Jimmy realizes that Henry has been unknowingly broadcasting his location to Akan, with a strike force closing in, and the clones attack Henry. Fending off Jimmy, Henry convinces him to help. Henry and the clones fight their way out, killing Akan’s forces by collapsing the laboratory on them. Jimmy and Henry drive to Akan’s headquarters. They fight their way into an elevator, but Jimmy is mortally wounded. Before dying, Jimmy thanks Henry for being a friend, and removes a memory blocker, gradually restoring Henry’s memories. Henry fights his way to the highest floor, where he is greeted by Akan and an army of cyborg super-soldiers with Henry’s memories. The soldiers chase Henry to the roof. Henry wipes out the entire army, before Akan arrives and severely wounds Henry. Shortly after, Estelle arrives as well. It is revealed that Estelle is actually Akan’s wife. Everything that happened was an elaborate ruse to field-test their ability to manipulate cyborg soldiers into doing anything to “rescue” their “wife”, including committing terrorist acts. Akan and Estelle plan to leave in a helicopter, leaving Henry for dead. Henry blacks out, but a memory of his father revives and motivates him, to crush Akan’s hands and finally wrap his robotic eyestalk around Akan’s jaw, decapitating him. He jumps onto Estelle’s helicopter, presenting her Akan’s head. Estelle attacks Henry, but a bullet ricochets and hits her, causing her to stumble out of the helicopter. Henry slams the door on her hands, sending her plumetting to her death. .