When trying to reconnect with his estranged father, the illegitimate son of a Russian Mafiosi learns that his unrepentant father ordered the hit that killed his mother. Unable to get justice by legal means, he build his own criminal empire to destroy his father.

I like it. Much better than the original attempt. And I like Richiev's rewrite too. Now get going on the writing (says she who is stuck with her own stuff)......

Good re-write, Richiev. It does what a logline is supposed to do: describe the essence of the story, no more, no less.

Yeah, I thought this logine explained more and just needed shortened a bit.

Basically I cut: "Unable to get justice by legal means" because I didn't think it was needed.

And I cut out: "When trying to reconnect with his estranged father" because the incident that actually get's the story going is finding out his father ordered the hit."