Twenty-three years after comedian Bert Kreischer’s great story began, he returns to Russia to unravel the legend of The Machine to continue. Kreischer can now be seen alongside Mark Hamill in the brand new trailer for the action comedy described as a mix between The Hangover (2009) in Midnight Run (1988).
Difficult return
With a family crisis and the arrival of his estranged father, things go from bad to worse for Kreischer when a Russian mobster arrives to drag him kicking and screaming back to the motherland to atone for his crimes. This time, he goes back to Russia with his father, where he goes through a vicious crime war and tries to bond with his father along the way. The trailer shows that the return of the legend of The Machine is not easy for Kreischer. Confronted with violent criminals and drugs, he is forced to kill a man or three along the way. The Machine is based on real events from Kreischer’s life.
Clumsy hero
While the trailer outlines the relationship between Kreischer and his father, the focus is on the comedy. While you might think that Kreischer is an invincible action hero, the last two scenes of the trailer prove that he has a long way to go. First, he tries to jump from his back to his feet, hurting his back. We can also see in the trailer that Kreischer accidentally shoots two gangsters and a counter clerk, after which he immediately panics.
Meet the cast
Hamill can be seen as Kreischer’s father in The Machine. The actor is best known for his role Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy and returned in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) and season 2 of The Mandalorian (2019– ). In addition to Kreischer and Hamill, Iva Babić, Jimmy Tatro, Robert Maaser, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jessica Gabor, Rita Bernard Shaw, Nikola Đuričko, Oleg Taktarov, Amelie Villers and Mercedes de la Cruz star in The Machine.
Comedian Bert Kreischer’s drunken past catches up with him 20 years later when he and his father are kidnapped by those who wronged Kreischer 20 years ago when he was drunk during a semester in Russia.
No release date known yet
In addition to starring, Kreischer also plays an important role in the production of the film as a producer. The comedy is directed by Peter Atencio and Kevin Biegel and Scotty Landes wrote the screenplay. It is not yet known when The Machine will be shown.
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