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What kind of name is Zec?

posted 9 years ago by MuggySphere
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What sort of name is Zec?

What a dumb ass name for a bad guy.

[–] wmwrk 9 years ago

I think this is not an actual name but more a nickname.
There is a russian word "зэк" or "зек" (zec) which means the prisoner or man who was in prison.

[–] Nikon11 9 years ago

It's pretty much, well explicitly, explained in the movie, right near the end.

[–] nakedgirl 9 years ago

what is the russian for prison whore?

[–] FearlessOneDay 9 years ago

Prisoniski Whoreski

[–] sage2112 8 years ago

I might be able to afford her. But NO WAY I can if she's not a whore.

[–] writinman2004 8 years ago

Good job paying attention.

[–] MichaelJacksonPollock 8 years ago

Also, "the Zec" is played by Werner Herzog and has most of his fingers on both hands missing, some of them due to frostbite.
Maurice Herzog is a French mountaineer who led an expedition to the Annapurna in the 50's and lost most of his fingers to frostbite.

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[–] censorshipsucks06 8 years ago

What sort of name is Zec?
What a dumb ass name for a bad guy.

What kind of name is MuggySphere? Or Jack Reacher for that matter.

[–] twofacetoo 8 years ago

As they explain in the film, albeit better in the book, his name when literally translated means 'prisoner man', as in a man of prison, a man of jails and bars and cells, a man whose life is prison.