Our verdict
Decent one-time watch
Mixed-to-positive reactions; enjoyable if the genre is your thing.
Based on the TMDB audience score from 11 ratings.
Movie review: The Hustler
The Hustler is a film from 2026. It is catalogued under Drama.
Story
Two up-and-coming friends, seeing themselves as the future elite of the new world, oligarchs, they sign up for a major deal, but it turns out that they have been drawn into a massive embezzlement scheme involving billions from the treasury. After his arrest, Andrei ends up in an overcrowded communal cell, a purgatory where he must transform himself into a different person in order to survive and return back to the real world, to his family.
Audience reaction
TMDB records an audience rating of 6.7/10 based on 11 votes.
Production
Release date: April 23, 2026 · Runtime: 96 minutes · Original language: Russian · Reported revenue: $3,068,740
Cast
Alexander Petrov
Elizaveta Bazykina
Mikhail Troynik
Nikita Pavlenko
Dmitry Kuznetsov
Dmitry Kolchin
Ivan Fominov
Karen Badalov
Sofya Arzhanykh
Arthur Ivanov
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