Russia’s Dance to Death Is an Aptly Named Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Massacre
Jonathan Barkan
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Well, this is an interesting concept for a film…
Russia’s Dance to Death is a sci-fi thriller that takes place in a post-apocalyptic Moscow where young people are pitted against one another in fights to the death. Their allowed method of attack? Dancing. Yes, you read that right. They have to perform competitive dances in order to best their opponents, who, if they lose, immediately fucking disintegrate into a fine ashy powder of what the hell just happened?!
Supposedly, the reason for this evaporation is because a new technology was found that can convert a human body into energy. Since you can’t just go around killing people all willy nilly, why not create a reality game show where you put your life on the line? Hell, it worked for The Running Man, right?
All right, so the film sounds absolutely ludicrous, but if you watch the below trailer (no English subtitles, sorry), you’ll see that they embraced the concept to the max and have crafted what looks to be a high-production film with tons of eye candy.
Directed by Andrey Volgin and starring Agnia Ditkovskite, Denis Shvedov, and Evgeniy Mikheev, Dance to Death apparently comes out April 6th in Russia, according to IMDb.
Synopsis:
The old energy technologies, such as oil and coal, were lost decades ago during the nuclear war. But a new technology has been developed that converts the human body directly into energy, leaving behind only a flurry of gray ashes. In a sealed bunker in the post-apocalyptic ruins of Moscow, young people struggle against each other in a deadly dancing tournament. The winners will live. The losers will be consumed for energy to power the city.
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