Star Wars star Mark Hamill has put aside his Luke Skywalker lightsaber to play a dad on speed. In the trailer for Bert Kreischer‘s The Machine, Kreischer and Hamill go on the ride of their lives. The film follows the real-life events of Bert Kreischer’s college years. During that time, he got involved with the Russian mafia, who nicknamed him “The Machine.” Additionally, the movie extends the story further in a fiction-nonfiction hybrid, definitely an R-rated film. The trailer alone includes Hamill swearing and completely high on speed.
The Machine is set 23 years after the original story that inspired it. The film tells the story of Bert (Kreischer) facing a crisis as his father (Hamill) returns to his life. However, a Russian mobster (Iva Babić) also enters Bert’s life. She’s ruthless, murderous, and dedicated to kidnapping Bert and bringing him back to Russia. There, she wants Bert to deal with the repercussions of his crimes. Therefore, Bert and his father have to retrace the steps of Bert’s younger self (Jimmy Tatro) from 23 years prior. However, they must do this while attempting to rekindle their father-son relationship in the middle of a war between a sociopathic crime family.
Mark Hamill In “The Machine” Trailer
So, what happened to Kreischer in the 1990s that inspired this film? During that time, Bert Kreischer was a not-so-great student at the top party school in the country. However, as a student at Florida State, he faked his way through a few years of Russian classes. Eventually, his teacher told him that if he studied abroad in Russia and kept doing what he was doing, he would get a minor in the language that he couldn’t speak. Therefore, he took the trip. In Russia, Kreischer met a local mobster and took part in a train robbery, mostly by accident. But, he learned some Russian along the way.
Originally, Kreischer told the story in a 2016 Showtime comedy special. The story went viral. Now, this film tells the story of a new Russian gangster who shows up at Bert’s home. Additionally, the film is said to include comedy, action, and chaos. Starring with Kreischer and Hamill in The Machine are Robert Maaser, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jessica Gabor, Rita Bernard Shaw, Nikola Đuričko, Oleg Taktarov, Amelie Villers, and Mercedes de la Cruz. Sony’s Screen Gems will release the film for Memorial Day weekend on May 25, 2023.
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