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In Moscow, an enterprising female detective decides to turn a humiliating defeat experienced by her ...
In Moscow, an enterprising female detective decides to turn a humiliating defeat experienced by her department into a reality-TV show in which the police prep for a counter attack.
A gang of crooks robbing cash collector, run into a police surveillance team and the inadequate police respone results in a gunfight. A TV crew on assignment in the area happen to capture this humiliation on camera, and this example of police incompetence is soon the lead story in every news bulletin. Public confidence in law and order now suffer irreparable harm. The head of the Moscow force welcomes a public search-and-destroy operation againt these thugs, the brainchild of Katya, his PR director. She proposes that the capture of this dangerous gang be tranformed into a live TV show of a kind never seen before. At this point she cannot know that the gang leader's life-and-death struggle with the police is destined to lead to a media duel. Besieged in a huge apartment block, the crooks hold hostage a father and his son and daughter. A massive special forces rescue operation is mounted but fails miserably. Undaunted by this setback, Katya and her team of specialists manipulate ...