The first five episodes of the series are “not good”, but after that it gets a little better.
Sarik Andreasyan decided not to dwell on the success of “Chikatilo” and in early April released a spin-off about the Angarsk maniac, the name of which for some reason referred to that of Rostov. In real life, there was little connection between the killers, but the director of “The Shadow of Chikatilo” decided to go wild.
All of the series’ historical inconsistencies can be attributed to the “based on real events” tag, which implies that the creators can only adopt the image of the Angarsk maniac, and are otherwise free to go completely outside the canon. And so it happened.
And okay, if the audience was shown a slightly different version of events under the guise of a crime detective, no. The first episodes of ‘Chikatilo’s Shadow’ seriously resemble a love drama, in which most of the time is taken up by the relationships of former police officers. Well, without the torment of Colonel Kovalev – nowhere!
The investigation into terrible crimes hardly gets off the ground; the plot revolves around the psychologist Vitaly Vitvitsky (Dmitry Vlaskin), who in the original series provided much more benefit, but here it is as if he is needed only for a romantic line with Ovsyannikova. .
The only bright spot among the characters can be called the hero of Fyodor Lavrov – the Angarsk maniac Dmitry Poptsov (in reality his name was Mikhail Popkov). The actor perfectly took on the image of a killer with the friendly smile of a police officer, and during his rare appearances in front of the camera he aroused more awe than even Dmitry Nagiyev!
Well, the Angarsk of the 90s shown on the screen can only be praised – the city, embroiled in crime, turned out to be memorable and very atmospheric.
I just want to criticize the ending, because the killer was identified by far too surprising coincidences. Why was a psychologist needed? Not clear.
Remove most of the old, useless heroes and their love lines from ‘The Shadow of Chikatilo’, add an emphasis on the maniac’s personality and season it with historical accuracy, and we would at least have a worthy true crime project. But what happened was what happened. Sorry for the wasted time.
Photo source: Still from the series “Shadow of Chikatilo”
Author: Alexey Pletkin
Source: Popcorn News
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