Den of Lions

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Den of Lions

Den of Lions DVD cover
Directed by James Bruce
Produced by Daphne Lerner
Váradi Gábor
Written by James Bruce
Freddy Deane
Starring Stephen Dorff, Bob Hoskins, Ian Hart, Zita Görög, Laura Fraser
Music by Ron Hay
Cinematography Jean-François Robin
Editing by Kaman
Release date(s) 2003
Running time 100 minutes
Country USA & Hungary
Language English
Budget $6,000,000 (estimated)
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Den of Lions (Hungarian title: Oroszlánbarlang) is a 2003 American-Hungarian movie, directed by James Bruce. It is a violent straight-to-video B-movie, starring relatively famous actors.

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[edit] Plot

Mike Varga (Stephen Dorff) is an FBI agent with Hungarian roots and a gypsy origin. For a new investigation, Varga is sent to Budapest, to be an infiltrator in the Russian mafia and especially, to get close to the brutal mafia boss Darius Paskevic (Bob Hoskins) and get rid of his series of crimes. However, Varga gets into trouble, when he falls in love with Paskevic's daughter (Laura Fraser).

[edit] Trivia

  • Despite commonly regarded as an average film, Den of Lions is infamous in Hungary for having scenes with Zita Görög totally nude, just like 8mm 2.
  • Interestingly, although released in 2003, Den of Lions is one of the last films in Hungary to be released on Video CD.
  • The film is also fun to watch for Hungarians, as it was shot entirely in Budapest. Because of this, it is in the same line of movies with Underworld, I Spy, 8mm 2 and Citizen X, among others.
  • The 1998 movie The Long Island Incident also has the Hungarian title "Oroszlánbarlang", as well as the 1990 movie The Incident starring Walter Matthau.

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