Evilenko (2004)

Purely Joyful Movie!

Best movie ever!

Absolutely the worst movie.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Evilenko,.. what can i say or tell about it,..One of the most disturbing and sick serial killers opens his mind and invites you to enter it barefoot.It goes all the way in every thought, emotion, expression and action,.. the mind opens and reveals the sickness and horror.I watched this DVD and from 1 minute i felt weird, i dunno, i had this weird and unpleasant feeling in my stomach, i wanted to turn it of but i just couldn't. Malcolm McDowell is amazing in this movie and grabbed me by the throat and took me the whole journey. I couldn't resist it.I forgot i was watching a movie instead of a real life documentary because the acting and environment is so real and intense.One of the most scary things in this movie is the way Evilenko approaches and master his victims,. truly amazing.If i could choose to be captured and held on a chair in a hostel movie or look evilenko in the eyes i would choose to be tortured ala hostel style, Because looking in the eyes of evilenko is a dark and tormenting journey that goes on, even beyond death.The tension in this movie is really good, the cat and mouse game between Evilenko and special agent Vadim Timurouvic Lesiev is exiting and delivers a lot of scary moments. (the scene in the prison cell is a true masterpiece)Good story, good acting, this is an amazing movie! It hits you in the face like a nailed bat, full force, raw and pure.Not for everybody because of the disturbing scenes and way of filming but even if it isn't your kind of movie, you still cant Deni that this is a masterpiece.The only thing that i find a little disappointed is that it is spoken in English. I think that if it was spoken Russian it would be a more darker movie,. but fair is fair, the English will also do.

Evilenko is one of those rare moments in the history of cinema, where a (nearly) perfect mix of elegance and perversion succeeds in producing an alarming portrait of the world in which we live. Acting, screenplay, direction, music and scenes, all contribute to create a realistic, dark atmosphere of decadence and inner horror. The story tells this is somewhere in Russia during the Gorbacev era. But we can locate it everywhere - everywhere there is a school, and there is a hierarchy ready to cover even the worse crimes. Malcom McDowell creates one of the most credible, disgusting and disturbing monsters ever seen on screen. Not fascinating as Hannibal Lecter, his clear character alteration is not enough to be aware of his pernicious attitude. This is the first movie of Grieco: not bad as a debut! The movie has not been really distributed in Italy, and I see the average score in IMDb is very low. I understand this is not the usual investigation movie, so it's hard to be accepted. However, I found it to be an important movie, if not really a milestone.

Until I spotted "Evilenko" at the DVD store, I'd never heard of the man portrayed (Evilenko wasn't his real name). But it turns out that he was the Soviet Union's most famous serial killer. Andrey Evilenko (Malcolm McDowell) was a teacher in 1980s Kiev who tried to rape one of his students and got fired. From there, he started murdering children and women, all the while masquerading as someone defending communism.You gotta understand that this guy was downright sick, as the movie makes clear. I guess that this movie isn't a masterpiece, but it does a good job showing him going crazy. Probably recommendable, if only to show a certain part of history.

I'm rather split between whether I like this movie or not. Sure, I did enjoy it but there are some things that kind of bothered me. Mostly small details that I felt were either completely wrong or just things that I felt that the writer had missed. But of course there where a lot of excellent things that were mentioned and really brought out about Andrei Chikatilo (a name he later took, for you who didn't already know). I liked how they brought out Chikatilos passion for communism. According to what i have read about him he was very patriotic and a communist party member, so therefor you can imagine that he actually was as he was portrayed in the movie when it came to communist politics. There was also the great acting of Malcolm McDowell. The way he portrayed how Chikatilo felt uneasy when he felt his blood lust return and how he became more calm afterward. Accordning to authors of various books on Chikatilo he had told the police after his arrest that it was like a craving he had and it could only be quenched by the blood of his victims. And you could see that under the surface of Chikatilo in the movie when he was out in public. As if he seemed rather anxious and uneasy but was trying to hide it so that nobody would realize it.But there were a lot of minor details that really bothered me. And I know this is just a movie and not really a documentary, but still. Like how he had no children in the movie, but the real life Chikatilo actually had 2. Yes he was impotent when it came to normal sex, but that doesn't make it impossible for them to have children. And then there was the fact that the main reason Chikatilo murdered people was because of sexual satisfaction through sadism. Chikatilo was a grade a sadist that only could achieve an orgasm through the pain of others. That's why he butchered and mutilated all those people. But instead they just skipped that whole part and drew it over as insanity. That was just all wrong. Chikatilo never was insane. (even though he tried for an insanity plea at court by acting as if he had various illnesses such as schizophrenia) He knew perfectly well what he was doing every single time. And what was up with that whole "hypnotist" bit? I mean that's the first time I've heard that about him. Sure he was said to have been very charismatic but I think that was taking it too far.But all in all I think you can enjoy this movie if you're a fan of other serial killer movies like this one (Dahmer, Bundy etc etc). I was a little bit to distracted about details to have enjoyed this to the fullest. And I've heard a lot of talk about this other movie about Andrei "Chikatilo" Romanovic and that it is better, but everyone has different taste so you never know.I give five because of my personal distractions. I'm not saying that it's bad at all. On the contrary, if you like this kind of movie you should definitely see it. If not, watch Hostel instead. It sucks, but at least the production values are good.Sorry for all the rambling. Cheers