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A Good Man

Original title: Khoroshiy chelovek
  • TV Series
  • 20202020
  • 50m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
180
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A Good Man (2020)
Khoroshiy chelovek
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The series is inspired by the real story of the Angarsk Maniac. A young metropolitan detective, Zhenya (Yulia Snigir, Young Pope), arrives in a small town in the search of a serial killer. T... Read allThe series is inspired by the real story of the Angarsk Maniac. A young metropolitan detective, Zhenya (Yulia Snigir, Young Pope), arrives in a small town in the search of a serial killer. The majority of the towns' population do not welcome outsiders, and local authorities deny ... Read allThe series is inspired by the real story of the Angarsk Maniac. A young metropolitan detective, Zhenya (Yulia Snigir, Young Pope), arrives in a small town in the search of a serial killer. The majority of the towns' population do not welcome outsiders, and local authorities deny a maniac is on the loose and refuse to assist Zhenya. However, Zhenya finds one person wil... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
180
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  • Stars
    • Nikita Efremov
    • Yulia Snigir
    • Andrey Burkovskiy
  • Stars
    • Nikita Efremov
    • Yulia Snigir
    • Andrey Burkovskiy
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    • 4User reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Nikita Efremov
    Nikita Efremov
    • Ivan Krutikhin
    Yulia Snigir
    Yulia Snigir
    • Evgenia Klyuchevskaya
    Andrey Burkovskiy
    Andrey Burkovskiy
    • Borya
    Aleksandra Rebenok
    Aleksandra Rebenok
    • Inga
    Kseniya Sobchak
    Kseniya Sobchak
    • Larisa Veresh
    Igor Gordin
    Igor Gordin
    • Gleb
    Igor Chernevich
    Igor Chernevich
    • Lebedev
    Aleksey Vertkov
    Aleksey Vertkov
    • Kozhegar
    Dmitriy Kulichkov
    Dmitriy Kulichkov
    • Zaitsev
    Konstantin Murzenko
    Konstantin Murzenko
    • Mokusha
    Aleksandr Semchev
    Aleksandr Semchev
    • Galoshes seller
    Aleksandr Marin
    Aleksandr Marin
    • Anton Petrovich Kholodny
    Darya Zhovner
    Darya Zhovner
    • Olesya
    Vladimir Khrabrov
    Vladimir Khrabrov
    • Fedor Vyacheslavovich Dolgikh
    Valeriy Degtyar
    Valeriy Degtyar
    • Grigory Semyonovich Korbut
    Vasiliy Reutov
    Vasiliy Reutov
    • Tuesevich
    Artyom Mikhalkov
    Artyom Mikhalkov
    • Lansky
    Gennadiy Vyrypaev
    Gennadiy Vyrypaev
    • Ryabov
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    • Connections
      Referenced in Evening Urgant: Nikita Efremov/Yulia Snigir/Anna Sedokova/Yanis Timma/Dabro (2020)
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      Written and performed by Ilya Lagutenko

    User reviews4

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    6/10
    Slow but compelling
    This series was extremely loosely based on the case of serial killer Mikhail Popkov. However, the only real resemblances of the series to the true killer were the way he treated women including at their grisly demises, what he thought of them and that he was a cop.

    From these bare bones, a complete new story was constructed whose salient points have been given away in the IMDB storyline. I shan't be as crass in this review. The location was changed to a hick town four hundred kilometers from Moscow instead of Siberia and an invented character, that of Evgenia Klyuchevskaya, brought into the narrative as a solo investigator sent by the capital.

    Evgenia finds resistance from the local cops who are corrupt as well as from her assigned local partner.

    Back stories for both main characters are expounded with some cod psychology thrown in to "explain" Ivan Krutikhin's motivations.

    The final episode diverges just about as far as it possibly can from the real-life case. It was a final victory snatched from the jaws of what looked like it would be a defeat.

    I have to just mention that despite what we hear about Russia being a police state and the lack of freedom there, virtually every series or film I see from there openly shows corruption and unpunished criminality as well as mafia figures controlling business and finance. Perhaps a programme not showing this would simply not be accepted as Russians presumably know exactly what is going on around them.

    So, for the slowburn progress of the plot, I'll give it a six and a lukewarm recommend.
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    • Nov 3, 2022

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    • Release date
      • August 20, 2020 (Russia)
    • Country of origin
      • Russia
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    • Language
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Dobar čovek
    • Production company
      • START
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      50 minutes
    • Color
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