This is the true story of citizen Chikatilo, a serial killer on the loose in former Russia and the man who brought him in, detective Vadim Timorovic Lesiev.
McDowell plays his role as a creepy killer very well, but the rest of the movie can't keep up with his performance.
This story has been told before in the movie Citizen X from director Chris Gerolmo, and in my opinion so much better. Although detective Lesiev is called Burakov in this version of the story, Stephen Rea plays this role very well. You can feel his frustration fighting against a corrupt and unwilling system. The part of Chikatilo is played by Jeffrey DeMunn and he does a great job. His performance of the warn out factory worker with a deadly secret, is so much more believable than the monster McDowell portrays in Evilenko.
Besides that, Citizen X can support on a great cast (Donald Sutherland, Joss Ackland, Max von Sydow, John Wood) and has something that Evilenko lacks: a good script!
McDowell plays his role as a creepy killer very well, but the rest of the movie can't keep up with his performance.
This story has been told before in the movie Citizen X from director Chris Gerolmo, and in my opinion so much better. Although detective Lesiev is called Burakov in this version of the story, Stephen Rea plays this role very well. You can feel his frustration fighting against a corrupt and unwilling system. The part of Chikatilo is played by Jeffrey DeMunn and he does a great job. His performance of the warn out factory worker with a deadly secret, is so much more believable than the monster McDowell portrays in Evilenko.
Besides that, Citizen X can support on a great cast (Donald Sutherland, Joss Ackland, Max von Sydow, John Wood) and has something that Evilenko lacks: a good script!