The Needle

Moro returns to Alma Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he visits his former girlfriend Dina, and discovers she has become a morphine addict. He decides to help her kick the habit and to fight the local drug mafia responsible for her condition. But Moro finds a deadly opponent in "the doctor," the mafia kingpin who is exploiting Dina.

The Needle is a 1989 drama thriller movie directed by Rashid Nugmanov, starring Aleksandr Bashirov, Pyotr Mamonov, Marina Smirnova. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.9/10 from 3,413 votes and runs 1h 21m.