For years, Andrei Evilenko eluded the obsessive Detective Lesiev and the psychiatric profiler Aron Richter. Spurred on by his rabid fury at the gradual crumbling of his precious Soviet Union, Evilenko is a man who will live, die and kill as a communist.
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Just perfect...
If you don't like this, we can't be friends.
hyped garbage
Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
evilenko is at times very uneasy to watch, some scenes make you feel horrid inside, as its based on a real paedophile serial killer that murdered over 50 little girls and women, and then ate them, its a nasty story and even though there is some nasty stuff in evilenko, it isn't at all as graphic or sick, as you would expect it to be, judging from the true story. instead its a solid thriller that has Malcolm McDowell's best performance in years as truly horrible man. its very well made, and has some haunting music at times, and for the most part is very accurate to the true story, the movie isn't for everyone, but its much better than the average serial killer biopic
It's such a depressing movie. When I was finished watching my mood had changed. I felt down in every sense of the word. I had the exact same feeling when I had watched Citizen X. There's something so sad about Andrei Chikatilo combined with former Soviet Union I just wanna scream out in pure agony! It's not bad but if you've seen Citizen X (they are very alike) you don't need to see this, and if you want to stay in a happy mood you shouldn't either! But if you don't care about that, go ahead and watch. It's not a bad movie, it keeps you focused the whole time. But it's very disturbing. It's roles like this (Andreis) that can actually make you hate the actor behind it, because he did such a good job playing Andrei that I don't feel like seeing his face ever again! (It's a compliment but not necessarily a good thing)
In 1995, HBO produced a film called Citizen X which detailed the murder rampage of Andrei Chikatilo, who killed over 50 women and children.Evilenko is a fictional representation of this serial murder spree which occurred in the Soviet Union during the fall of same in the late 1980's.In every way, this version is weaker than Citizen X. The acting is inferior. Donald Sutherland, Max Von Sydow and Stephen Rea are exceptional whereas Malcolm McDowell is his usual overacting self and is not credible as the murderer.The greatest weakness is an almost laughable explanation of how Evilenko seduced his victims. David Grieco, the writer and director, wants us to believe that Evilenko hypnotized his victims by staring at them.Don't rent this. Instead, see Citizen X; a vastly superior movie in which the killer, using the actual name of the killer, Chikatilo, is played by the fabulous Jeffrey DeMunn with spine chilling conviction.
I have bought the DVD, because I remembered very powerful movie about Chekotylo. The problem is that the movie I have remembered was "Citizen X", not "Evilenko". Evilenko is stupid, absolutely surreal movie, classic Italian cheap crap. McDovell tries to save the movie, but script is too chaotic and unrealistic. The story is not true even if tries to pretend to. The strangest part is the fact the move is boring too, which is really strange for mass-murder thriller. Only first 20 minutes or so are interesting, but unfortunately the boredom lasts another 100 minutes! It was so dull I was not been able to watch it to the end. Well, 2 Euros wasted (at least it was cheap). Spare your time and money - watch "Citizen X" instead.