He's a Russian born in Soviet Tajikistan.

The film character has even an entirely different name and never even tried to be a biopic, instead was just inspired by an archetype that Bout personified (it's not like he was the only one) and by some stories about his own exploits.

He's a Russian born in Soviet Tajikistan.

The film character has even an entirely different name and never even tried to be a biopic, instead was just inspired by an archetype that Bout personified (it's not like he was the only one) and some stories about his own exploits.

He's a Russian born in Soviet Tajikistan.

The film character has even an entirely different name and never even tried to be a biopic, instead was just inspired by an archetype that Bout personified (it's not like he was the only one) and some anecdote stories about his own exploits.

He's a Russian born in Soviet Tajikistan.

The film character has even an entirely different name and never even tried to be a biopic, instead was just inspired by an archetype that Bout personified (it's not like he was the only one) and some anecdote stories involving his exploits personally.

He's a Russian born in Soviet Tajikistan.

The film character has even an entirely different name and is mostly just creative fiction, it never tried to be a biopic and was instead just inspired by an archetype that Bout personified.

He's a Russian born in Soviet Tajikistan.

The film character has even an entirely different name and is mostly just creative fiction, it never tried to be a biopic and was instead just inspired by an archetype.

He's a Russian born in Soviet Tajikistan.

The film character has a different name and is mostly just creative fiction, it never even tried to be a biopic and was just inspired by an archetype.

He's a Russian born in Soviet Tajikistan.

The film character has a different name and all, it never even tried to be a biopic.

He's a Russian born in Soviet Tajikistan.

The film character has even a different name and all.

He's a Russian born in Soviet Tajikistan.

He's a Russian born in some Stan SSR (like Kazakh, I don't remember).