beneath the tectonic plate, but will likely destroy the city in the process. Kuptsov finds the scientists who worked on the flying Volga and forces them to build the same kind of flight system for his Mercedes, as well as outfit it with weaponry and armor shielding. Kuptsov lures Dima out by letting Perepelkin, one of the scientists, escape to the roof of the skyscraper. Kuptsov then ambushes "Black Lightning" with rocket fire from his Mercedes, stealing the nano-catalyzer and sending the Volga falling down, crashing into the ice and sinking to the bottom of the Moscow River. A call from his girlfriend, Nastya, that says that she really loves him, brings the hero back to his senses. Dima remembers the emergency backup tank with 30 minutes' worth of nanofuel, bursts out from under the ice, and rushes into Kuptsov's lair, freeing the scientists and recapturing the nano-catalyzer. He then flies to pick up Nastya, but Kuptsov beats him to her, taking her as a hostage and offering to trade her for the nano-catalyzer. Dima and Kuptsov confront each other over the Red Square. Dima flashes his headlights and honks the horn in a special signal that Nastya knows about. Nastya jumps out of Kuptsov's car and Dima grabs her in midair, safely landing her to the earth below. The final battle between the flying cars in the sky above Moscow ends with Dima luring Kuptsov's car to the outer reaches of the atmosphere, where the Mercedes runs out of nanofuel. Kuptsov floats in the Earth's orbit, left for dead. Dima and Nastya meet on the ground and celebrate the New Year together. Cast Grigoriy Dobrygin as Dimitri (Dima) Maykov/Black Lightning Ekaterina Vilkova as Nastya Svetlova Viktor Verzhbitsky as Prof. Viktor Kuptsov Sergei Garmash as Pavel Maykov (Dmitry's father) Yelena Valyushkina as Nastasia Maykova (Dmitry's mother) Ekaterina Starshova as Tanya Maykova (Dmitry's sister) Ivan Zhidkov as Maxim Igor Savochkin as Boria Ivanovich Valeri Zolotukhin as Pavel Perepelkin Yekaterina Vasilyeva as Olga Romantseva Juozas Budraitis as Mikhail Yelizarov Dato Bakhtadze as Bahram Makhamedovich Mikhail Yefremov as the Drunk guy Reception Black Lightning was met with mixed to slightly positive reviews in Russian media, according to review aggregator Kritikanstvo. Box office According to KinoPoisk, the movie grossed $19,680,848 in Russia to a total of $21,500,000 worldwide, against a budget of $8,000,000 and a marketing budget of $7,000,000. Facts about the car "Black