A middle-aged American man known for a wild story involving Russia and his 1999 party boy days is suddenly thrown...
A middle-aged American man known for a wild story involving Russia and his 1999 party boy days is suddenly thrown back into the country in a fight for his life in this action-comedy.
Bert Kreischer faces a familial crisis and the arrival of his estranged father when the ghost of his booze-soaked past arrives: a murderous mobster hellbent on kidnapping Bert back to the motherland to atone for his crimes. Together, he and his father must retrace the steps of his younger self in the midst of a war between a sociopathic crime family while they attempt to find common ground.
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32 %25 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
87 %768 reviewsAudience score rating
"The cinematic event of the year for guys who base their entire personality around yelling "let's gooooooo!""
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IndieWire
IndieWire"You may wonder, if Kreischer is such a popular stand-up comedian, why he hasn’t done more television and movie acting. Well."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Delivers thrills but lacks laughs."
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Collider
Collider"Clumsy and clunky..."
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Paste
Paste"Not as awful as it could have been..."
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A.V. Club
A.V. ClubThe Machine (2023) | Details
- Rating
- R16, Graphic violence, drug use & offensive language
- Runtime
- 112
- Genre
- Action, Comedy
- Country of origin
- USA
