98 minutes
10/28/1994
Long separated from his Russian family, hitman Joshua returns to Brighton Beach for a contract killing for the Russian Mafia. His abusive father, Arkady, banned him from returning after Joshua committed his first murder. He takes up residence in a hotel, and soon everyone knows he has returned. He goes home to visit his dying mother, Irina, and prepares for the assassination, getting drawn back into the criminal community he left behind.
Tim Roth
as Joshua Shapira
Edward Furlong
as Reuben Shapira
Moira Kelly
as Alla Shustervich
Vanessa Redgrave
as Irina Shapira
Paul Guilfoyle
as Boris Volkoff
Natalya Andreychenko
as Natasha
Maximilian Schell
as Arkady Shapira
David Vadim
as Sasha
Mina Bern
as Grandma Tsilya
Boris McGiver
as Ivan
Mohammad Ghaffari
as Pahlevi
Michael Khmurov
as Yuri
Dmitry Preyers
as Victor
David Ross
as Anatoly
Ron Brice
as Man with One Leg
Jace Kent
as Mechanic
Marianna Lead
as Clara
Gene Ruffini
as Janitor
Tuesday Knight
as Actress on Television (uncredited)
Leonid Citer
as (uncredited)