Back in the USSR

This film, released in many markets in 1992, recounts a suspenseful adventure in which a young college student named Archer Sloan journeys from Chicago to Moscow during the Perestroika period. The traces of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States still influence events at the time. Shortly after Archer arrives, he finds himself romantically attracted to a mysterious, beautiful Russian woman, Lena, who actually turns out to have Russian mobsters chasing her. Soon, Archer, too, becomes entangled in a complex story involving the theft of a priceless religious icon. The action thriller depicts life in Russia.