Andrei Chikatilo was the first (known) psycho-killer in the URSS, he killed more than 50 people (specially children). This TV production reconstructs those facts and focuses on the researches that they carried out to catch him. The story also portraits all the obstacles the investigators had to get through because of the attitude of the local chairmen (they didn't want publicity, they thought that serial killers were a consequence of Capitalist societies.
Unlike products such as "Ed Gein" or "Henry", in "Citizen X" the morbid factor is not present and there aren't many sequences from the murders.
A good TV movie that makes some concessions to the big audiences (that happy ending),l but it was filmed with sobriety. What's most attractive about "Citizen X" is the great cast, with Stephen Rea, Imelda Staunton or the mythical Donald Suytherland or Max Von Sydow.
*My rate: 6/10
Unlike products such as "Ed Gein" or "Henry", in "Citizen X" the morbid factor is not present and there aren't many sequences from the murders.
A good TV movie that makes some concessions to the big audiences (that happy ending),l but it was filmed with sobriety. What's most attractive about "Citizen X" is the great cast, with Stephen Rea, Imelda Staunton or the mythical Donald Suytherland or Max Von Sydow.
*My rate: 6/10