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PU239 ★★½ The Half Life of Timofey Berezin 2006

Nuclear plant worker Timofey Berezin (Considine) is dosed with a lethal amount of radiation and becomes the victim of an administrative coverup. To provide for his family, Timofey steals a tube of plutonium and turns to smalltime Moscow gangster Shiv (Isaac) to help him sell it on the black market. But Shiv's general ineptitude just gets them into trouble with mob boss Starkov (Berkoff). Set in 1995. 107m/ C DVD . GB Paddy Considine, Radha Mitchell, Oscar Isaac, Jason Flemyng, Steven Berkhoff, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Michael Fisher; D: Scott Burns; W: Scott Burns; C: Eigil Bryld; M: Abel Koreniowski.