Citizen X
“You don't want to know what he does... You just want to know when he's caught.”
CrimeDrama
Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed victim to over 50 people. His victims were mostly under the age of 17. In what was then a communists state, the police investigations were hampered by bureaucracy, incompetence and those in power. The story is told from the viewpoint of the detective in charge of the case.
VIBE
A suffocatingly bleak procedural that captures the crushing weight of institutional failure and societal prejudice. It’s a grim, frustrating watch, made all the more potent by its true-crime roots and the chilling incompetence it portrays.
bleakoppressivegrimfrustratingsomberslow-burngritty realismproceduralperiod piecebureaucracyhomophobiajusticesocietal decay
bureaucracyhomophobiahomicidedetectivesoviet unionimpotenceinvestigationbased on true storyserial killercorpsesadistseries of murderssurveillancemental illnessshallow gravecommunism1980s
