The Machine (2023) on Netflix
Stand-up comic Bert turned a college semester in Russia into a viral story. A Russian mobster forces him and his estranged father Albert to Russia to atone for what he did there.
- Netflix2.7/5
- IMDb5.7/1018,340 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes31%
Trailer
Plot summary
Bert Kreischer's comedy career stalls after he asks his eldest daughter Sasha, who holds only a learner's permit, to drive him home while he is drunk, and the traffic stop ends up on YouTube. Three months later he is off alcohol and in psychotherapy, his relationship with his wife and Sasha is tense, and at Sasha's sweet 16 cookout his estranged father Albert reappears and wears Bert down with his mannerisms and his criticism of the way Bert handles things. Then Irina, a Russian mobster, arrives with her henchman Sponge. She wants an antique pocket watch Bert took from her father during a college semester he spent in Russia, and she forces Bert and Albert to Russia, threatening Sasha if he refuses.
