My thanks to regular reader Vlad for pointing out the trailer for upcoming Russian action-adventure film Mirage. It's a curious mash up of a film and, honestly, some parts of the mix look to work much better than others but the good stuff looks quite good indeed. What you've got is a) a fish out of water story with a group of college age kids stranded in the wilderness, b) an action adventure loaded with guns and a gloriously cartoonish lead villain, and c) a full on spaghetti western.

Part A there is the bit that doesn't work for me at all, the framing story just seems awkward and clumsy and kind of irritating, really. Part B gets the attention, however, and Part C looks fantastic. Which means that if this bears out then Mirage has the exact same problem that plagues Alex De La Iglesia's 800 Bullets - great when it goes for the old west, crappy when it tries for real world. It does raise the question, though: has Russia ever attempted a full on western? Because if these guys made one I'd be right at the front of the line.

You'll find the trailer in the Twitch Player below the break.