Lokh pobeditel vody (1991) Poster

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Hero or monster?
UnknownDoomer25 March 2024
Warning: Spoilers
A realistic-surreal phantasmagoria with the participation of the iconic figure of the "perestroika" era in the person of Sergei Kuryokhin, diluted with a chaotic soundtrack and detached, voice-over comments. Both the name and other components seem to refer to Japanese mythology, although the claim to a certain element of absurdity is also quite obvious.

The main character, together with a combat veteran in Afghanistan, run a small computer club that attracts the attention of racketeers. What follows is a generally ordinary story of revenge and justice, but, this time, accompanied by a kind of hidden message. If you don't get bogged down in long discussions, it briefly sums up the formula "if you look into the abyss for too long, then the abyss begins to stare back."

From the games "Digger" (1983) flashes in the frames, but a couple of other mentioned positions could not be identified by ear. Other notable elements include the costume designed by the key character to fight against adversaries.
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Amazing, tragic, comic
frank-plein21 October 2011
Well, seems like I saw this movie about 20 years ago, and I still can call up the images in my head. I thought this was a great movie about a insignificant guy taking on an enemy he has no chance of defeating, just like you can not defeat water. The film is very intense, moving and has a lot of inventive storytelling going on. The mood is a strange blend of comic and tragic, a bit like some SOPRANOS episodes. You should know, though that 90ties Russian Cinema had pretty fatal world view and wasn't very good at happy endings. After STRANA GLUKHIKH LOKH, Pobeditel wody is definitely my favorite Russian movie. On the odd chance that you get the chance, see it. It's a very straightforward, powerful movie.
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