http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112681/
Released on HBO 1995 and as DVD 1998
Directed by: Chris Gerolmo
Actors: Stephen Rea, Donald Sutherland, Max von Sydow, Jeffrey DeMunn and Joss Ackland
Language: English
Country: USA
Also known as: Le citoyen X, X polgártárs, Cittadino X, Obywatel X
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Taglines:
You don't want to know what he does... You just want to know when he's caught.
Description: The search lasted for eight long years. Day after day Victor Burakov led the hunt for a terrible maniac killer modernity Andrei Chikatilo.
Review: The film "Citizen X" tells the story of a difficult and drawn-structured time finding Soviet militia serial killer Andrei Chikatilo. It shows the beginning of this terrible stories, real-life, and its logical conclusion. But, nevertheless, still director of the film was much closer to a somewhat different opposition than the police and the killer. It is much more demonstrated a heavy burden on the hunter for the insane, exposed to the front battle between the pathologist Burakov and its psychological burden test. This profession (or rather vocation appointment) tirelessly to find the dead bodies of the victims year after year, to save flattened emotions of helplessness and there is one main enemy hero-detective. I think that the main objective of this work is demonstrate just that, so to speak, to investigate the identity of the pursuer, burdened with a huge responsibility. On the central role in the party involved Burakou gifted actor Stephen Rea (Stephen Rea), coping with the task very dignified, portraying complex emotions of a constant internal psychological pressure, becoming the mirror of nested directorial ideas. In addition, Donald Sutherland (Donald Sutherland) well accustomed to the role of the military bureaucrat, Max von Sydow (Max von Sydow) played an episodic, but a key part in the form of a therapist, and a display maniac Jeffrey De Munn (Jeffrey DeMunn) just as valid, but his character only remotely casual devote time, indicating the formation of a pair of related items on a terrifying journey.
“Here's an oddity: a modern-day film about a serial killer that has no fight scenes, nobody seen dying, no car chases and no loud noises.....and it takes place in Russia. There are only two short action scenes but they are horrific.
The rest of the story is detective work, and how much red tape the poor detective had to go through to solve the murders. This is a very somber movie, and "somber" best describes the personality of the hero (Stephen Rea), as well. Yet, the story is not depressing and it's very interesting all the way through.
Rea is outstanding as the determined, harried-looked detective. Jeffrey DeMunn is downright scary as the killer. Donald Sutherland's Russian accent is suspect but he plays the only character in this film that has some warmth.
Once again, the story is dotted with liberal agendas, here and there, with not one but two references to bias against gays, the total validity of secular psychology, police and government officials being boorish/crude/bigoted, yadda, yadda, yadda.
Otherwise, it's an intelligent and refreshingly low-key crime film. This is a somewhat unique film that probably is not well-known but is well-liked by the people who have seen it. Since it's based on a true-life account of this killer, it's all the more chilling. Don't pass this by just because you haven't anything about it.”
Links
http://criminalminds.wikia.com/wiki/Andrei_Chikatilo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Chikatilo