Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

slam13 This is a great movie. But the most touching scene for me is when Sharapov and Jeglov found their neighbor crying. Poor woman about 40, living with several children lost the food stamps for a whole family. And when Jeglov calmed her down and she managed to explain the situation, Jeglov immediately offered to that woman his own food stamps and the ones of Sharapov. Stunned Sharapov agreed and looked delighted; other neighbors gave some food too. And when woman started thanking him, promising to work for him, Jeglov forced her to cut it out immediately. They gave their food stamps almost for the whole month and now they have a big problem with their own food, but you feel that they are happy. It is the real thing, on which the Soviet power was based on. This is the way, we managed to won the WW2. It is the thing that was inherent for the real Russian (Soviet). Now, under the yoke of 'democracy' we have deprived of our soul, we have deprived of our nation, we are not Russians anymore, we are scum, just like an Americans. 'Kremlads' turned the life of almost all the population into the chase for peanuts. And meantime dirty rats sold our country out and killed our future. There is no even 1 real Russian in this territory, there is not even such country like Russia. It is just a prison, filled with slaves sentenced to death. As for USA, they can only make a parody for charity. They call this charity to have the right to bawl that they are the most charitable nation in the world, while destroying other countries and preparing another world war.

Jorge Reyes This movie is a gem. I was amazed by its storytelling: at first slow, the momentum goes building on, spiralling until you finally get trapped in a never ending suspense. What would be of young Sharapov? If I had to pick a climax scene, I would say is that when the new recruit of the Moscow Criminal Police ends up having to supper at the same table of the most dangerous Moscow criminal! The story makes here quite a twist, since previously Mr. Visotsky had stealed himself the show, without even giving a chance to his fellow partner.Simply put, what an amazing way to tell a story.. In this movie it seems like every scriptwriter, assistant, every person in the crew carefully invested his talent and effort into creating a masterpiece. And this actually isn't a movie properly, but a TV mini-series. Having recently seen other East European works like the Dekalog (polish television) and Ironiya sudby, ili S lyogkim parom! (or the Irony of Fate) I can only conclude that the former Soviet television was able to produce a content of the utmost quality.Having said that, I think it's such a shame that so few Western audiences (if any at all) had been exposed to Soviet culture. But I can not blame them anyway, for two reasons. First, some (and I remark "some") of this content might be ideologically flawed. Secondly, the English subtitles are really poor, and there were parts of this movie where the translation wasn't helpful at all, proving instead to be very confusing.I'll stop here, since this is not the forum to discuss the deeper meaning of some Soviet content. I'll just recommend you to watch this movie. It's a masterpiece, greater than anything Hollywood could ever produce. Now that this movie is available on DVD from numerous sites on the Web, there's no excuse to give it a chance.

red-55 This film (actually a series) is one of the best the Russian cinema has to offer. It cannot compare with the works of Eisenstein or Tarkovsky but it is an above average work of art. The fact that it is more that 4 hours long does not hinder it a bit. There are several superb performances including one by the late Vladimir Visotsky.

Sasha-9 The film itself is nothing more than a OK detective story, and only the acting of one actor makes it into a great film; as always Vladimir Vysotsky steals the show, and makes the other actors seem just OK. A must see for someone who likes suspense, and great acting.