The atmosphere of the late 80s in the series is recreated very accurately: devastation, poverty, queues for alcohol, video salons... Everything is so. The only thing is that it does not feel like the action is developing in a multi-million city - they went overboard with conventions, unfolding the action in a couple of courtyards and interiors.
The cast is good. Yankovsky and Kologrivy have long proved that they are excellent actors, Burunov is wonderful. Young people are good too. The only exceptions are Krasovskaya and Alexandrova. The first one is absolutely inert and does not play, and the second one just fiercely overplays (and strictly speaking, she is a very bad artist). And yes, I remembered that, in fact, she mostly played at Mr. Kryzhovnikov's and continued even after the divorce. Is this his gestalt closure or Stockholm syndrome? I don't understand.
But by and large it is not clear what they are playing. The heroes have a sleeper instead of an arch. Yes - the hero's sleeper, along which he travels from point A to B, sweeping away logic and common sense along the way. And there is no development of the image. At the same time, without doing anything good, there are no positive characters at all. This is quite acceptable to oneself, but with a good story they could perform - depict noir. But this is not noir, but blackness.
A typical blackie, which was shown at one time in a number of criminal TV series. This was especially evident at the climax of the story. Not only is it shot very clumsily, but it is also predictable. Or the episode with grandma, which seemed scary to everyone. Seriously? Yes, "Cargo 200" is much scarier. And this is a maximum of a children's horror story and nothing more, let alone a lack of empathy.
Comparison with the best crime dramas is simply inappropriate here. And when, in an interview, the disrespectful director stated that the screenwriter of the project loves the Godfather and, apparently, wants to make a trilogy himself, he begins to feel a strong "haha". The same Vova Adidas is an attempt at allusion to Danila Bagrov. But only very weak and not convincing. And if you look closely, you can see many more such borrowings - the authors play quotes, but do not understand their meaning, as well as they cannot really express their thoughts - it is not clear why it is impossible to prescribe interesting images, life situations. Solid cardboard. Not to mention the fact that the story of the "Kazan phenomenon" was presented in 2 minutes in gallop and Europe mode, which would be better not to do.
To be fair, the creators absolutely cannot be blamed for romanticizing crime. Heroes do exceptionally bad things and get punished for it. But only the authors do not really explain the essence of their idea: is it about karma or what? The authors did not bother to clarify.
And in general, I think that an adult sane person will not find any value for himself in this craft, not to mention the fact that he knows "what is good and what is bad." I would like to remind you separately that the rating is 18+, therefore I do not consider another target audience.
This is an empty, meaningless, overrated and unprincipled work, which was promoted as a brilliant discovery even before its release. It has happened more than once, but it is not clear why people are still being led and believe.
The cast is good. Yankovsky and Kologrivy have long proved that they are excellent actors, Burunov is wonderful. Young people are good too. The only exceptions are Krasovskaya and Alexandrova. The first one is absolutely inert and does not play, and the second one just fiercely overplays (and strictly speaking, she is a very bad artist). And yes, I remembered that, in fact, she mostly played at Mr. Kryzhovnikov's and continued even after the divorce. Is this his gestalt closure or Stockholm syndrome? I don't understand.
But by and large it is not clear what they are playing. The heroes have a sleeper instead of an arch. Yes - the hero's sleeper, along which he travels from point A to B, sweeping away logic and common sense along the way. And there is no development of the image. At the same time, without doing anything good, there are no positive characters at all. This is quite acceptable to oneself, but with a good story they could perform - depict noir. But this is not noir, but blackness.
A typical blackie, which was shown at one time in a number of criminal TV series. This was especially evident at the climax of the story. Not only is it shot very clumsily, but it is also predictable. Or the episode with grandma, which seemed scary to everyone. Seriously? Yes, "Cargo 200" is much scarier. And this is a maximum of a children's horror story and nothing more, let alone a lack of empathy.
Comparison with the best crime dramas is simply inappropriate here. And when, in an interview, the disrespectful director stated that the screenwriter of the project loves the Godfather and, apparently, wants to make a trilogy himself, he begins to feel a strong "haha". The same Vova Adidas is an attempt at allusion to Danila Bagrov. But only very weak and not convincing. And if you look closely, you can see many more such borrowings - the authors play quotes, but do not understand their meaning, as well as they cannot really express their thoughts - it is not clear why it is impossible to prescribe interesting images, life situations. Solid cardboard. Not to mention the fact that the story of the "Kazan phenomenon" was presented in 2 minutes in gallop and Europe mode, which would be better not to do.
To be fair, the creators absolutely cannot be blamed for romanticizing crime. Heroes do exceptionally bad things and get punished for it. But only the authors do not really explain the essence of their idea: is it about karma or what? The authors did not bother to clarify.
And in general, I think that an adult sane person will not find any value for himself in this craft, not to mention the fact that he knows "what is good and what is bad." I would like to remind you separately that the rating is 18+, therefore I do not consider another target audience.
This is an empty, meaningless, overrated and unprincipled work, which was promoted as a brilliant discovery even before its release. It has happened more than once, but it is not clear why people are still being led and believe.