Synopsis
Double Passing (Dvoynoy obgon, 1984) is a Soviet crime action film by Aleksandr Gordon that you can watch online on iFILM. On an empty highway through the deserted south of the USSR, two long-haul drivers are moving a valuable shipment when the open road turns into a trap and a pair of hijackers seizes their rig.
The cold, methodical "Bug" and the hot-headed young "Lyonka" take the truckers hostage and run the trailer hundreds of kilometers toward their gang. The drivers' lives hang by a thread. Cutting across the chase comes road patrol captain Madzhiev, and the whole picture rides on that pursuit — a contest of nerves and asphalt. At a lean 87 minutes, it never lets the tension slacken.
The cast includes Boris Khimichev, Vadim Mikheyenko, Vytautas Tomkus and Alexander Korshunov. For its era it's a tight genre road thriller: few words, plenty of speed and dread, no moralizing tacked on. A good pick for fans of Soviet crime cinema. Stream Double Passing (1984) online on iFILM.
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