Citizen X

Citizen X-720P

Citizen X-360P

Citizen X-480P

Citizen X-720P

Citizen X-360P

Citizen X-480P

source: Citizen X

The suspense is good. There is no danger of getting bored. But this movie is filled with American cliché's. The way the plot is construed, some easy "drama", the characters... A couple of villains, a couple of hero's and some grey figures that serve the moral of the story. Conclusion: this movie is fine if you're in for a mindless, superficially told killerstory, but if you're at all sensitive for American patriotism and cold-war cliché's you might want to look for a different movie... I get the feeling there was more awkwardness, more psychological depth, more political nuances, more more to be told, but the makers of the movie went for an easy-access trauma-story, rather commercial.

The secrets that communist regimes try to hide always come up in the wrong possible way. From Chernobyl To massacres, serial killers and nowadays plagues. A film well acted and well made. Better than the ratings, from my point of view.

This gripping story of a sadistic serial killer is played in the setting of the final years of the Soviet Union. The morbid subject and dreary setting are the backdrop for the more positive story of two men who begin their association as very different people, but who learn to gain from each other's strengths and weaknesses, until they almost merge into a single personality. To quote the Doctor near the end "Together you make a wonderful person". This film is well worth the time, but some scenes may be disturbing.