bihesen This film is good. It takes a genre and reinvents it, not by a terrific plot, but by placing an American superhero adventure plot in an unfamiliar setting. Strange things happen. The film depicts a modern Russian society through the lens of a superhero plot American style. Thats damn clever! Thats whats makes this film interesting. If it was an American film, the weakness of the story would put you off. Here it makes you smile, and happy - happy to realise that globalisation is a good thing, that dreams and wishes are intact in bleakish Moscow, that love exists . Its a feel good film, with characters that are much more interesting than any Hollywood feel good film since forever. The conflict between capitalism and moral comes over with a credibility that you couldn't get in another setting. And the car scenes are cool. This is no case of serendipity, the very fact that this script was written, this film produced and directed, is clearly true vision, and bar the tacky scientists - this film deserves 10 out of 10.

dbborroughs Mad Russian/mafiosa/college professor is convinced there is a vein of diamonds under Moscow, but in order to reach it he must risk destroying the city. Unfortunately he needs some of the nano power that his scientists had been trying to harness. Somehow the technology was attached to a car which is given to a young college kid by his dad. In true fashion the kid doesn't completely appreciate his dad until the bad guys kill him (ala Uncle Ben) and he turns to crime fighting using his flying car to fight bad guys.Odd ball re-imagining of Spiderman but with a super car instead of super powers. It's not bad, far from it, it's just that it just misses being great- the main problem being that it's lift so much of the plots major elements from Spiderman and other superheroes.I liked it a great deal, but at the same time I really wish it was just a tad more original.

Claudio Carvalho In 2004 in Moscow, the wealthy entrepreneur Kuptsov (Viktor Verzhbitskiy) is drilling the underground of the city trying to reach a huge vein of diamonds that may destroy the city. However the power is insufficient and he needs the Nano-catalyst that had been developed years ago but its location is unknown. Meanwhile the low middle-class teenager Dima (Grigoriy Dobrygin) dreams on having a car and dating his gorgeous college mate Nastya (Ekaterina Vilkova). His wealthy friend Maks (Ivan Zhidkov) that has a Mercedes Benz is flirting with Nastya and Dima feels incapable to dispute her love due to his financial condition. On his birthday, Dima receives an old Volga as a gift of his parents but he is ashamed of the car. One day, Dima discovers that the Volga is capable to fly but he is unable to control the car. When his father is stabbed by a punk on the streets, Dima does not know who the victim is and does not help him. His father dies and Dima decides to bring the responsibility to help the Muscovites. But the greedy Kuptsov wants the Nano-catalyst at any price."Chernaya Molniya" a.k.a. "Black Lighting" is a delightful adventure that recalls "Transformers". The hero is born in a similar situation of "Spider Man", when he realizes after the death of his father for lack of his sympathy that great powers bring great responsibilities and he ends the story with his beloved girl. The beauty of Ekaterina Vilkova is awesome; the special effects are excellent; and this film is a great entertainment. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Trovão Negro" ("Black Thunder")

ART The movie is a first Russian attempt to make a superhero movie. Not very impressed by it I must say. Half way through the film I realised that I am basically watching a recycled spider-man movie. The same idea, similar events, just some details changed. A hero is a student, then he gets some special abilities and uses it for his own gain until a member of his family is killed resulting in him fighting crime thereafter. There is also a rich friend, a girl who goes for a friend first and falls for hero later... Not a single bit of originality in the plot. Even the famous scene of spider-man in front of US flag is remade. We see Black Lightning flying besides a star of Kreml. The CGI is very fake, all the laws of physics are simply forgotten beyond the usual Hollywood standards. I can not understand HOW this film got so many positive reviews in Russia. Yes, of course it has a love story and teaches people to care for each other rather than just themselves. But it doesn't make this movie worth watching. Personally, I just couldn't help but wanting to rather watch Spider-man again instead... P.S. the flying Mercedes looks pretty much like flying DeLorian from Back to the future... Just a notice... P.P.S. the sequels have been announced... Batman and Superman movies, BEWARE...