Esaulovsky Goblins Finally, I got acquainted with this series, which I was going to do for a very long time, and I did not regret that I did it, a project in the best traditions of the film union “Maxim Esaulov and his co-authors + Panorama Studio”. The most important positive quality that strikes this series is that it is made on an increasing basis (that is, each next film is more interesting, exciting and better than the previous one), the same probably applies to the seasons, although for me in this series the first season turned out to be the weakest, I think it’s in the production of Alexander Ustyugov, for whom this work became a director’s debut, and the second and third are about the same level, Alan Dzotsiev is still a more experienced and most talented director, in the filmography of which to date there are probably no works for which he should be ashamed. The second reason why I was hooked by this series was the team shown here, a friendly and close-knit team and actors of all the amazing were picked up by Sergey Tsepov, Denis Shevchenko, Andrei Feskov and of course Vitaly Kovalenko, a fan of whose talent I am, and in all other roles the actors are wonderful, though not all of them pleased with their game, but especially in the same way I want to mention Yuri Itskov who played General Kireev, Alexander Marushev, who played the killer Fyodorova Zhodorova, and performed the role of the investigator Alexander Kugutov. The series itself turned out to be interesting, the theme is not worn-out films about witness protection is not very much, I personally remember only one “Witness Protection” shot on the books of A. Konstantinov “Goblins”. All the stories of this season turned out to be quite entertaining everywhere there are pros and cons, but about everything in order:
Movie 1 "At Any Cost" is an introductory film that introduces us to the main characters of the series, tells their stories and fates before they became a team. Then there is a clash with the most common problem in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and in our entire mother country, a messy department was created, the first case was entrusted, and the case is very sensitive because they will have to protect the child, and the working conditions, as always, no. The special color of this series is given by parallel storylines of the personal lives of the main characters. Of the minuses of the film, I will call the character Chicago, I have never met such people, but I think a person with such experience as Maxim Alexandrovich Yesaulov probably saw such idiots in life and in the service, well, God with him with the image, with clothes, but with this gun from gangster fighters, in my opinion, a clear inflection, and Ustyugov may have wised up his production, especially in the scene of confrontation between Chicago and Kandaurova on a motorcycle, well, just Hollywood resting, and considering that in everything else this film is more down to life this scene of course.
Movie 2 "Matryoshka" a bloody, exciting combination invented by the former opera Sizov, who will be guarded by the main characters in this film. Parallel lines about the struggle with the mess in the organs and personal problems of the main characters continue to give a special flavor to this story. Well, the main decoration of this film is a scene in the cemetery at the grave of the deceased Opera Pryakhin, with wonderful, piercing and sad music. Of the disadvantages of this film, I will call the inconclusive character of the killer Oksana Bolotnikova, like a good type picked up, but somehow she did not convince me, some theatricality comes from her more than vitality.
Film 3 "Human factor" I will not be cunning this story more than everyone else liked me this season, mainly the weather here is made by the character of Alexander Marushev killer Zhgut, who will be protected by our heroes in this story. Here he is completely new revealed before the main characters and naturally before us the audience, it becomes clear that although he is a murderer but with the right gut, not indifferent to people, and even a caring father. Also in this film, Dmitry Lebedev, who played the former Voronin opera, and Vladislav Reznik, who played a very convincingly rotten FSB. The main disadvantage of this film I consider the characters of the killers of Bolek and Lölek who also appeared in the film “At any cost”, I am not an expert in this case, but whether he does not play, or overly crooked, absolutely unconvincing characters.
In general, the series is interesting to watch, but still looking ahead once again I will say that the next seasons turned out better in many components, at least in my opinion.
8 out of 10