第七颗子弹

　　T)he)  Se ;v (enth Bu@/ll` $
`et%#! is a Soviet Ostern film o$f /1=97 *2 di`
,#re*!\c:$te-/d b ,y Ali ++Kham? raev. In t^!he /?same t radi%ti_\o?_n as The` Wh[ite Sun of th\\ e  Desert( and The Body`guar)d, T\(`he S)eventh
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ullet is
#set a#.fter the^^. Russia\`n [Civil War ) whi?ch e?`^nded in- th?\e 1920s when Sov[i??et power estab=)@lish.ed itself in Central As!ia in#: the wak %;e of the Ba] smac hi!` rebelli*on`. Despite this sli=^ght %-shift in emphasis  :a
n@$d a pos.!t-war setting, Th#e/ !,Seve(nth+ ^ \ Bullet is closer to a typical war fi?[lm tha!n ot)]%her Red We*sterns becau.+#se of a;. prominence of/ tactica l resourc+efulness in the `-dev.-)elopment *^of the plot. Al%`^. though of c*our/ se this )is a stapl.:e of\ man,;?_y; A(/m.erican 
Westerns from John F;`o/;rd&, /#39s ca]!$val%.ry se;ries to [ the#; many$`# A[pache war f,\ilms.　　Despit%e the r*#:^estorat[.ion of %Soviet power in the area%, Basmachis%+ continu)%]e to$, arrive fro]m across the border, -bringing deat+?h and d/ [estruction to^ pea$ ceful^ ; v=.
illages. ?O%)*ne of th\.e bands of rebels:* is l@\ed b(/%y Khairulla :who is pit,.ted against th #*e +# $mi` *lit@;`?siy\.$a (local militia) le$$ad- er Ma@%xumov. At =;firs^t it seems hopeless for M-axumov \$as the rebel s capture /]; most of his\_$ me.n, winning the) ?m over to his] side. He .;#h%as@ _ only on,e strategy*\$ (:left t.o ,^give himself up, and. try * to e ]xplai%-
n to the #:%people that-!% Kha%`#irulla has deceived them, turni;ng the s[\ oldiers -ba+ck to@!\ */,r$evolution. Later in pursuit of his! e+nem*$y, he chases K h^+air_/ulla across#\ a river. He has
%only on@e bullet left—the _@sev ,e:
 nt %h, and he! must n; ot miss his t);a!rget!