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Forbidden Empire is a russe film of genre Science fiction released in USA on 22 may 2015 with Charles Dance

Forbidden Empire (2014)

Вий

Forbidden Empire
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Released in USA 22 may 2015
Length 2h7
OriginRussie
Genres Science fiction,    Thriller,    Fantastic,    Comedy,    Fantasy,    Adventure,    Horror
Rating52% 2.6155852.6155852.6155852.6155852.615585

Viy 3D (Russian: Вий, internationally known as Forbidden Empire) is a 2014 dark fantasy film produced by Russian and Ukraine Film Group and Marins Group Entertainment and loosely based on the Nikolai Gogol story Viy. The film was released in cinemas in Russia, Ukraine and Azerbaijan on 30 January 2014, in the United States on 22 May 2015 and in the United Kingdom on 1 June 2015.

The film is directed by Oleg Stepchenko, based on the first manuscript of Nikolai Gogol. The film has been in production since December 2005 and stopped several times due to lack of funding. In October 2012, the filming was completed. Viy was a huge commercial success, even breaking a record for opening weekend in Russia, but was met with mixed reviews in media.

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Early 18th century cartographer Jonathan Green undertakes a scientific voyage from Western Europe to the East. Having passed through Transylvania and crossed the Carpathian Mountains, he finds himself in a small village lost in impassable woods of Ukraine. Nothing but chance and heavy fog could bring him to this cursed place. People who live here do not resemble any other people which the traveler saw before that. The villagers, having dug a deep moat to fend themselves from the rest of the world, share a naive belief that they could save themselves from evil, failing to understand that evil has made its nest in their souls and is waiting for an opportunity to gush out upon the world.

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