This was not the plan.|Jul. 13, 2018|Canada | United States|105 Min.|R
Genre: Crime;Mystery;Reality;Romance;Thriller
Description: American diamond trader Lucas Hill travels to Russia to sell rare blue diamonds to a gangster named Boris Volkov. However, his contact in St. Petersburg, Pyotr, who had the diamonds, has disappeared. Boris threatens Lucas to deliver the diamonds within 48 hours.
Following Pyotr’s clues, Lucas arrives at a guest house in Mirny, Siberia. He contacts his wife, Gabby, via Skype. While at a café, Lucas starts a fight with two men, and the café owner, Katya, saves him. Later, her brother Ivan becomes suspicious of her relationship with Lucas, prompting her to ask Lucas to sleep with her.
Lucas meets with Pyotr’s brother Andrei, who reveals that Pyotr sold counterfeit diamonds to a man named Samsonov and hid the real ones. Angered, Lucas goes to Katya’s home, where they begin a passionate affair. Lucas also joins Katya and her brothers on a bear hunt, earning Ivan’s respect after putting Ivan’s dog out of its misery when it was accidentally shot by one of the brothers.
Lucas is contacted by Vincent but dismisses him. He returns to Pyotr’s apartment in St. Petersburg and finds a real diamond there. He examines the diamond Pyotr sent him and confirms it is fake. Lucas meets with Boris, accompanied by Katya, to show him the diamond, promising to return the rest later. To secure the deal, Boris demands a brotherhood ritual, which requires Boris’s woman to service Lucas and Lucas’s woman (Katya) to service Boris. Reluctantly, Lucas agrees when Katya warns him that refusing would be deadly.
Lucas is then approached by FSB agents who force him to sell the fake diamonds, the ones Pyotr tried to sell to Samsonov, to Boris. In exchange, they promise him safe passage home. Overhearing the agents’ conversation, Lucas learns that Boris will kill his wife and Katya once he discovers the diamonds are fake and that he won’t be able to hide for long. Lucas convinces Boris to buy the diamonds and transfer the money to the agents’ account. However, he receives a stern warning from Boris’s henchman, Pavel, about the consequences of betrayal.
Cast director: Tanya Mazur
Cast actor: Keanu Reeves, Ana Ularu, Pasha D. Lychnikoff, Boris Gulyarin, Ashley St. George, Elliot Lazar, Veronica Ferres, Vladimir Shklyar, Mikhail Bogdanov, Rafael Petardi
Original name: Siberia