Double Passing(1984)

Double Passing is a 1984 Soviet crime film about two truckers, Viktor and Ivan Petrovich, transporting valuable cargo across a remote highway in the southern USSR. When seasoned criminal "Bug" and his volatile young partner "Lyon'ka" hijack their truck, the drivers find themselves held hostage and fighting for survival. Road patrol captain Madzhiev pursues the hijacked vehicle in a tense chase across the desolate landscape. Directed by Aleksandr Gordon, the film captures the gritty tension of a dangerous criminal encounter on an isolated stretch of highway, where the stakes are life and death.