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.
Acting
McDowell's deranged commitment elevates every trash moment.
Production
Ukraine locations give authentic post-Soviet miserablism.
Direction
Grieco's operatic pretension vs. exploitation content = fascinating tension.
Director
David Grieco
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Loosely based on real Ukrainian serial killer Andrei Chikatilo, though the communist motivation is pure invention. The real Chikatilo was simply... a monster.
McDowell reportedly took the role for the Ukraine location shoot, having never worked there. He stayed in character accents off-camera, to crew confusion.
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