
In any case, he delivers, despite limited screen time. Assante has joined the ranks of actors that are “everywhere”: they have the star power and are relatively inexpensive to get. While he has aged and is no longer appearing in blockbusters, but this hasn’t taken away the talent and his availability.

If you can forget the accent is a valid asset to the film.Īrmand Assante is as always smooth, no matter the part. The always dependable Louis Mandylor is in the lead, proving he can handle to be the main protagonist, while he’s better settled for a sidekick part.Uzbek beauty Ravshana Kurkova, is an eye-candy, which can handle guns pretty well, as well as fight scenes. To start things off – make sure the “international cast” doesn’t scare you off too much. “The Brave”, despite a cheap-looking cover which promised a bunch of washed-up actors fighting for a paycheck in God-forgotten third world country – turned out to be a pleasant surprise.


Pedulla isn’t just a man of words, so the cops will have to do their best, especially considering that they have traitors among them as well… So unless the country fixes this, the EU doors remain closed.Ī group of police officers (played by Louis Mandylor, Yuriy Kutsenko, Ravshana Kurkova and Igor Jijikine) in an Albanian town take this task seriously, and are looking to take down the local drug boss – Vietnam veteran Frank Pedulla (Armand Assante). One of the major issues that really complicates this – unprecedented leve of drug production and trafficking in the country. Albania is looking to enter the European Union.
