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* TheNineties: The movie places Kreischer's fateful class trip in 1999.



* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: What causes Bert to become known as the machine is him mispronouncing a sentence while introducing himself to Igor and his friends. Rather than say "I'm badass", he says "[[{{Catchphrase}} I'm the machine]]." He realized later that he should have said "muchina" instead of "machina."

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* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: What causes Bert to become known as the machine is him mispronouncing a sentence while introducing himself to Igor and his friends. Rather than say "I'm badass", badass" (Я мушина), he says "[[{{Catchphrase}} I'm the machine]].machine]] (Я машина)." He realized later that he should have said "muchina" "mushina" instead of "machina.""mashina."
* TheNineties: The movie places Kreischer's fateful class trip in 1999.



* SmallRoleBigImpact: Alice, one of Bert's college classmates, has only a couple minutes of screentime, but her betrayed response when he helps the train gangsters rob her is what truly solidifies his HeelRealization.

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** People comment on Bert’s weight and how it makes him have noticeable breasts. In Russia, it leads to mockery bordering on transphobic slurs.
** Albert putting up his hands when confronted by someone with a gun.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Alice, Ashley, one of Bert's college classmates, has only a couple minutes of screentime, but her betrayed response when he helps the train gangsters rob her is what truly solidifies his HeelRealization.
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* AccidentalMurder: Bert tries to shoot Irena's brother in the leg, only to accidentally shoot him in the head, causing him to shoot one of his henchman and said henchman to shoot another man.

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* AccidentalMurder: Bert tries to shoot Irena's brother in the leg, only to accidentally shoot him in the head, causing him to shoot one of his henchman and said henchman to shoot henchman, who shoots another man.
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* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: What causes Bert to become known as the machine is him mispronouncing a sentence while introducing himself to Igor and his friends. Rather than say "I'm badass", he says "[[{{Catchphrase}} I'm the machine]]."

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* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: What causes Bert to become known as the machine is him mispronouncing a sentence while introducing himself to Igor and his friends. Rather than say "I'm badass", he says "[[{{Catchphrase}} I'm the machine]]." He realized later that he should have said "muchina" instead of "machina."

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* TheBackwardsR: Randomly shows up in subtitles when Russian is spoken.

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* TheBackwardsR: Randomly shows up in subtitles when Russian is spoken.spoken as well as multiple location subtitles.


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* PreAssKickingOneLiner: After taking off his shirt and downing an entire bottle of vodka in the climax, Bert tells a group of gun toting gangsters, "Now, you gotta party with me" before kicking their asses.
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Exploited by past Bert, who brought up random bits of pop culture such was ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'' and ''Film/AustinPowers'' and claimed they were his.

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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Exploited by past Bert, who brought up random bits of pop culture such was as ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'' and ''Film/AustinPowers'' and claimed they were his.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: All of Irena's family, minus the woman herself, are misogynist who oppose her running the family, despite being the oldest, simply because she's a woman.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: All of Irena's family, minus the woman herself, are misogynist misogynists who oppose her running the family, despite being the oldest, simply because she's a woman.
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* AsHimself: Bert Kreischer plays fictionalized version of himself.

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* AsHimself: Bert Kreischer plays a fictionalized version of himself.
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* TheBackwardsR: Randomly shows up in subtitles when Russian is spoken.
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* TimeShiftedActor: Kreischer’s college-aged self is played by Creator/JimmyTatro.

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* TimeShiftedActor: Kreischer’s Kreischer's college-aged self is played by Creator/JimmyTatro.
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Kreischer’s routine follows him as a young man on a class trip to Russia in 1999 where he finds himself partying with Russian gangsters in a what he would consider the best summer ever, culminating in his involvement in a train robbery. The film picks up in the modern day when he and his father (Hamill) are abducted by dangerous people wronged by Kreischer during that fateful summer and are brought back to Russia to atone for his crimes. Now Kreischer must live up to his old nickname of “the Machine” if he and his old man are to make it home alive.

The film will release on May 26, 2023.

'''Previews:''' [[https://youtu.be/paG1-lPtIXA The original routine]], [[https://youtu.be/yRAH4k-OvcE Trailer 1]]

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Kreischer’s routine follows him as a young man on a class trip to Russia in 1999 where he finds himself partying with Russian gangsters in a what he would consider the best summer ever, culminating in his involvement in a train robbery. The film picks up in the modern day when he and his father (Hamill) are abducted by dangerous people wronged by Kreischer during that fateful summer and are brought back to Russia to atone for his crimes. Now Kreischer must live up to his old nickname of “the Machine” "the Machine" if he and his old man are to make it home alive.

The film will release released on May 26, 2023.

'''Previews:''' [[https://youtu.be/paG1-lPtIXA [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paG1-lPtIXA The original routine]], [[https://youtu.be/yRAH4k-OvcE [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRAH4k-OvcE Trailer 1]]



* TheNineties: The movie places Kreischer’s fateful class trip in 1999.

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* TheNineties: The movie places Kreischer’s Kreischer's fateful class trip in 1999.



* AdaptationExpansion: The film depicts the events of Kreischer’s Russian field trip in more detail before delving into fictional modern day events resulting from it.

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* AdaptationExpansion: The film depicts the events of Kreischer’s Kreischer's Russian field trip in more detail before delving into fictional modern day events resulting from it.



* CassandraTruth: Kreischer’s father doesn’t believe his story about the train robbery... until the mobsters actually show up.

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* CassandraTruth: Kreischer’s Kreischer's father doesn’t doesn't believe his story about the train robbery... until the mobsters actually show up.
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* VillainWantsMercy: Alexei begs for his life after [[spoiler:Irena shoots their father]] and takes control of the family.

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* VillainWantsMercy: VillainsWantMercy: Alexei begs for his life after [[spoiler:Irena shoots their father]] and takes control of the family.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Irena is initially dismissive of Bert accidentally getting his daughter arrested for a minor crime until she learns he drunkenly livestreamed the event, causing her to express disgust at his actions.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: EntertaininglyWrong: Alexei was told that The Machine was the ultimate man and built himself up to be even better. In reality, Bert was just a drunk college student who was in way over his head.
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Irena is initially dismissive of Bert accidentally getting his daughter arrested for a minor crime until she learns he drunkenly livestreamed the event, causing her to express disgust at his actions.actions.
** Even though he's a gangster himself, Igor thinks the train gangsters are really bad news. [[spoiler:He makes a point of setting things up so they don't kill any of Bert's class for fun.]]


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* UnknownRival: During his MotiveRant, Alexei explains that he grew up on stories of "The Machine" and built himself up to be stronger, tougher, and all around better than him. Bert, who hasn't been in Russia since the nineties, has no idea who he even is.

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* AttackItsWeakPoint: While fighting Alexei, Bert makes a point of hitting him in his fresh stab wound, staggering the man each time.



* BigShutUp: After Irena [[spoiler:kills their father]], Alexei tries to plead that they can work together, only for her to scream "Shut the fuck up" at him.



* BookEnds: The first and last words of the movie are strikingly similar though under vastly different circumstances. At the start of the film, Irena's father hears the start of Bert's "The Machine" story on TV. At the end, Bert uses a similar start to explain to his therapist how he made up with his father.
-->'''TV Bert:''' When I was 22 years old, I got involved with the Russian mafia. Here's how it happened.\\
'''Bert:''' When I was 48 years old, I got involved with the Russian mafia. Here's how it happened.
* CainAndAbel: Irena and her brothers all want to rule the family and all of them are perfectly willing to kill each other over it.



* DidntThinkThisThrough: With his father's encouragement, Bert drinks a bottle of vodka, takes off his shirt, and squares off against a group of Russian gangsters, only to remember they're all toting machine guns. Fortunately, he's a DrunkenMaster and he manages to take them out anyway.



* EvenEvilHasStandards: Irena is initially dismissive of Bert accidentally getting his daughter arrested for a minor crime until she learns he drunkenly livestreamed the event, causing her to express disgust at his actions.



* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: American sitcoms are ''incredibly'' popular over in Russia. Irena is notably a [[HiddenDepths huge fan]] of ''Series/FamilyMatters''.

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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: InUniverse. American sitcoms are ''incredibly'' popular over in Russia. Irena is notably a [[HiddenDepths huge fan]] of ''Series/FamilyMatters''.''Series/FamilyMatters'', which she uses to give Bert some life advice.


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* MadeOfIron: Alexei gets stabbed in the chest and quickly shrugs off the injury, getting into a fist fight with Bert mere minutes later.


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* MyGreatestFailure: Bert eventually confesses to Irena why his daughter hates him. When she was fifteen, he got really drunk and made her come give him a ride home, then when she got pulled over for running a stop sign, he livestreamed her getting arrested. The video went viral almost instantly, he got a misdemeanor, and she can't get her license until she's eighteen. It's the event that made him realize he couldn't be the drunken party boy that is The Machine anymore.
* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: What causes Bert to become known as the machine is him mispronouncing a sentence while introducing himself to Igor and his friends. Rather than say "I'm badass", he says "[[{{Catchphrase}} I'm the machine]]."
* ParentalSexualitySquick: While high on speed, Bert's father talks about how a young Russian woman is much kinkier in bed than his wife was. [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten Bert refuses to let him forget about it]], stating it's the kind of sentence that "burns itself into your brain."


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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Alice, one of Bert's college classmates, has only a couple minutes of screentime, but her betrayed response when he helps the train gangsters rob her is what truly solidifies his HeelRealization.
* SoProudOfYou: Implied. Irena's father gives a proud smile [[spoiler:after she shoots him]].


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* VillainWantsMercy: Alexei begs for his life after [[spoiler:Irena shoots their father]] and takes control of the family.

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* TheNineties: The trailer places Kreischer’s fateful class trip in 1999.

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* TheNineties: The trailer movie places Kreischer’s fateful class trip in 1999.



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* ActualPacifist: Bert's father swore an oath to never use a weapon for violence, something that's a noticeable hindrance during the various fights. [[spoiler:In the climax, he forsakes his oath, insisting his son is more important.]]
* AdaptationExpansion: As the trailer shows, the The film will depict depicts the events of Kreischer’s Russian field trip in more detail before delving into fictional modern day events resulting from it.



* AsHimself: As the trailer shows, Kreischer will play the fictionalized version of himself.
* BatmanGambit: Bert throws Alexei off their trail temporarily by claiming they came to the train to pick up the watch everyone's after and points at a random man who keeps giggling. Things quickly turn violent with everyone drawing guns on each other as Bert, his father, and Irena flee.

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* AsHimself: As the trailer shows, Bert Kreischer will play the plays fictionalized version of himself.
* BatmanGambit: BadBoss: Irena smacks her bodyguard, crushes a man's groin for questioning her, and kills that same man because they have one more passenger than their paperwork claims.
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Bert throws Alexei off their trail temporarily by claiming they came to the train to pick up the watch everyone's after and points at a random man who keeps giggling. Things quickly turn violent with everyone drawing guns on each other as Bert, his father, and Irena flee.flee.
** [[spoiler:Igor reveals to Bert that he introduced him to the train gangsters to keep his class safe. While Bert did help them rob everyone on the train, no one got beaten or murdered because Bert's antics kept them so entertained]].



* CassandraTruth: As seen in the trailer, Kreischer’s father doesn’t believe his story about the train robbery… until the mobsters actually show up.

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* CassandraTruth: As seen in the trailer, Kreischer’s father doesn’t believe his story about the train robbery… robbery... until the mobsters actually show up.up.
* CommonalityConnection: Irena and Bert eventually bond over the fact both of them [[WellDoneSonGuy just want their fathers' approval]].



* DrunkenMaster: Bert becomes far more dangerous when he's drunk, going from barely able to throw a punch to taking down multiple gun toting Russian gangsters by himself.
* FaceHeelTurn: Irena's father was an honest businessman until the police refused to help when he got robbed by TheMafiya, causing him to decide rules and order were worthless and set out to become a powerful mafia head.



* HeelRealization: While robbing the train, Bert realizes how horrible a person he's become, particularly when he robs Alice, a girl who'd shown romantic interest in him.

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* HeelRealization: While robbing the train, Bert realizes how horrible a person he's become, particularly when he robs Alice, a girl who'd shown romantic interest in him. When he hears how his actions that night resulted in Irena's father becoming a gangster himself, Bert realizes he's "her origin story."
-->'''Bert:''' Everyone dreams about being Batman. No one ever thinks they'll be the guy who killed Batman's parents.



* KickTheDog: One of Irena's brothers casually punts a small dog out of a window just to show "he means business".
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Irena has no problem with killing innocents to advance her goals or killing her own men for being inconvenient. But she's better than her brothers, one of whom punts a dog out window for no reason and another who is even more ruthless than Irena is.



* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: [[spoiler:Sponge betrays Irena for her brother due to her being such a BadBoss]].
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: All of Irena's family, minus the woman herself, are misogynist who oppose her running the family, despite being the oldest, simply because she's a woman.



* TimeShiftedActor: As seen in the trailer, Kreischer’s college-aged self will be played by Creator/JimmyTatro.

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* TimeShiftedActor: As seen in the trailer, Kreischer’s college-aged self will be is played by Creator/JimmyTatro.

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* AccidentalMurder: Bert tries to shoot Irena's brother in the leg, only to accidentally shoot him in the head, causing him to shoot one of his henchman and said henchman to shoot another man.



* AllForNothing: Subverted. Irena succeeds in getting her father's pocket watch back, [[spoiler:but her father refuses to let her lead the family because she's a woman. Then she kills him and takes over the family anyway.]]



* BatmanGambit: Bert throws Alexei off their trail temporarily by claiming they came to the train to pick up the watch everyone's after and points at a random man who keeps giggling. Things quickly turn violent with everyone drawing guns on each other as Bert, his father, and Irena flee.
* BlackComedy: After [[spoiler:killing her father]], Irena turns to Bert and his father and says "[[Series/FamilyMatters Did I do that?]]"



* TheMafiya: The stand up routine depicts a college-aged Kreischer falling in with Russian mobsters. The trailer shows another mobster wronged by Kreischer kidnapping him and his father.

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* ContrivedCoincidence: Bert and Irena fall off a train traveling from St. Petersburg to Moscow and manage to be found by [[spoiler:Igor]], who not only recognizes Bert but also [[spoiler:has the pocket watch they've been after]].
* FamedInStory: Even twenty-three years later, everyone in Russia remembers The Machine.
* FireForgedFriends: Irena first appears threatening to kill Bert and his daughter. By the end of the movie and all the crap they went through, she gives him a hug and a car to drive back to the airport so he can go home.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: American sitcoms are ''incredibly'' popular over in Russia. Irena is notably a [[HiddenDepths huge fan]] of ''Series/FamilyMatters''.
* HeelFaceTurn: At some point in the past, Igor left TheMafiya, having realized he didn't like being a criminal.
* HeelRealization: While robbing the train, Bert realizes how horrible a person he's become, particularly when he robs Alice, a girl who'd shown romantic interest in him.
* IHaveYourWife: Irena has Bert's daughter followed and tells him she'll be killed if he does anything but get Irena back her father's watch.
* TheMafiya: The stand up routine depicts a college-aged Kreischer falling in with Russian mobsters. The trailer shows another mobster wronged by Kreischer plot is about Irena, the daughter of one of the men he robbed, kidnapping him Kreischer and his father.father.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: In the present, Igor has roughly a dozen children.
* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Exploited by past Bert, who brought up random bits of pop culture such was ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'' and ''Film/AustinPowers'' and claimed they were his.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: While present day Bert is tripping off a pot brownie he ate, his younger self appears as a hallucination and chews him out for how much he's screwed up his family life.
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->''Seven years ago, one incredible story blew up the Internet… Twenty-three years after those events… the story continues…''
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''The Machine'' is a 2023 action comedy film based around the stand-up comedy routine by Bert Kreischer. It is directed by Peter Atencio (''Film/{{Keanu}}'') and stars Kreischer AsHimself, Creator/JimmyTatro, Jessica Gabor, Iva Babić, and Creator/MarkHamill.

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''The Machine'' is a 2023 action comedy film based around the stand-up comedy routine by comedian Bert Kreischer. It is directed by Peter Atencio (''Film/{{Keanu}}'') and stars Kreischer AsHimself, Creator/JimmyTatro, Jessica Gabor, Iva Babić, and Creator/MarkHamill.
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* CassandraTruth: As seen in the trailer, Kreischer’s father doesn’t believe his story about the train robbery… until the mobsters actually show up.
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Kreischer’s routine follows him as a young man on a class trip to Russia in 1999 where he finds himself involved with Russian gangsters in a what he would consider the best summer ever. The film picks up in the modern day when he and his father (Hamill) are abducted by dangerous people wronged by Kreischer during that fateful summer and are brought back to Russia to atone for his crimes. Now Kreischer must live up to his old nickname of “the Machine” if he and his old man are to make it home alive.

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Kreischer’s routine follows him as a young man on a class trip to Russia in 1999 where he finds himself involved partying with Russian gangsters in a what he would consider the best summer ever.ever, culminating in his involvement in a train robbery. The film picks up in the modern day when he and his father (Hamill) are abducted by dangerous people wronged by Kreischer during that fateful summer and are brought back to Russia to atone for his crimes. Now Kreischer must live up to his old nickname of “the Machine” if he and his old man are to make it home alive.


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Kreischer’s routine follows him as a young man on a class trip to Russia in 1999 where he finds himself involved with Russian gangsters in a what he would consider the best summer ever. The film picks up in the modern day when he and his father (Hamill) are abducted by dangerous people

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Kreischer’s routine follows him as a young man on a class trip to Russia in 1999 where he finds himself involved with Russian gangsters in a what he would consider the best summer ever. The film picks up in the modern day when he and his father (Hamill) are abducted by dangerous peoplepeople wronged by Kreischer during that fateful summer and are brought back to Russia to atone for his crimes. Now Kreischer must live up to his old nickname of “the Machine” if he and his old man are to make it home alive.

The film will release on May 26, 2023.

'''Previews:''' [[https://youtu.be/paG1-lPtIXA The original routine]], [[https://youtu.be/yRAH4k-OvcE Trailer 1]]
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''The Machine'' is a 2023 action comedy film based around the stand-up comedy routine by Bert Kreischer. It is directed by Peter Atencio (''Film/{{Keanu}}'') and stars Kreischer AsHimself, Creator/JimmyTatro, Jessica Gabor, Iva Babić, and Creator/MarkHamill.

Kreischer’s routine follows him as a young man on a class trip to Russia in 1999 where he finds himself involved with Russian gangsters in a what he would consider the best summer ever. The film picks up in the modern day when he and his father (Hamill) are abducted by dangerous people

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