Russia's most famous contemporary director Timur Bekmambetov is due to release his newest slick flick in December and it's about a flying black Volga fighting crime. Knight Rider, you're about to be totally pwned.

Night Watch was awesome. Day Watch made our brains bleed. Since then, Bekmambetov has sure been popular, bouncing between Russia and Hollywood. He's directed Jolie in Wanted (Russian title: "Especially Dangerous"), collaborated with Tim Burton in 9 and resurrected a thirty-year old Russian holiday classic with a mega-blockbuster, stupendously superfluous sequel. Back in the homeland, he has recently finished his latest sci-fi noir Black Lightning (Chornaya Molniya) which is thusly pitched English:

This story is about how usual student of Moscow University becomes the owner of ordinary, from the first sight, pretty much been-used, but ... able to fly “Volga” car. With this car he will be able not only avoid Moscow traffic jams, but unexpectedly for himself he will turn to city’s defender, mysterious fighter against Evil.

Let's dive further into the psychology of our "usual-Moscow-student" protagonist with the trailer:

As a cinematic deluge shatters over the credits-reflecting concrete and a nondescript black Volga, the voice-over rasps: "Today, everyone lives for themselves. The rain of apathy has driven us down into the ground." Then, a black-hoodied youth raises his teary blue-eyes through the shadows - "Someone has to rise first!" He determinedly shifts the vehicle into gear - rising first, apparently. To a whimsically epic score, the used Volga suddenly transforms into an ominously beautiful, airborne auto. "Black Lightning.... will rise into the sky above your city to make the world a better place..." soaring away through the snow over a twinkling metropolis. Oh my god. Yes.

The movie is brought to us by Bekmambetov's trusty creative team that revolutionized the notion of "a cool-looking film" - so cool, we'll brainlessly flop our eyelids at anything they conjure up until our brains bleed... oh, right - Day Watch... ok, maybe not. This better be awesome, Timur!

Image and trailer via TwitchFilm.net