In the spring of 2016, the NTV channel started showing a new criminal television project directed by Andrei Korshunov, created with the support of the Triix Media television company. According to the estimation of the KinoPoisk film aggregator, its rating is 7.6 points out of 10 possible.
Synopsis
The first season of the Nevsky series received mixed reviews: from admiringly laudatory to accusations of discrediting the image of a law enforcement officer. The basis of the story is the story of the difficult service of the Russian police officer Pavel Semenov, who successfully reveals the most complicated crimes. He is positioned by his superiors as one of the best employees.
The brainchild of Korshunov compares favorably with similar domestic genre patterns in a well-structured plot. Each series has an ideal timing of 45 minutes and contains a separate investigation with the addition of related points. Each episode, as usual, ends with a visual duet of the main characters shown in close-up.
Description of the main intrigue
Domestic critics in reviews of the Nevsky series claim that his script is quite competitive.
Pavel Semenov, with the rank of police captain, works in the law enforcement department in one of the comfortable sleeping areas of St. Petersburg. The hero is fearless, he honestly performs his duty, although sometimes he acts at first, and only after that he thinks.
Pavel is an exemplary family man; he does not have a soul in his wife Julia and son Alexander. Once, at the risk of his own life, Semenov rescues the daughter of a local oligarch. In gratitude, Latyshev facilitates the transfer of the captain to the site on Nevsky Prospekt, where many people dream of serving, as it is not only prestigious, but also profitable.
Among the new colleagues, Semenov is like a raven, relations in the team do not add up. Almost all personnel care only about their own enrichment, ignoring their vocation - the fight against crime. After some time, the captain begins to suspect that his transfer was not an accidental luck. Latyshev contributed to his change of work, guided by far-reaching plans.
During the investigation, Pavel manages to attack the trail of the hired killer, nicknamed the Architect, but here everything is completely confused. The captain believes that he can only trust two people - the former workmate from the sleeping area, Kirill Nazarov, and, oddly enough, the crime boss Alexei Fomin.
Discredit
Immediately after the premiere of the first season, the project was severely criticized by real police officers. They were very skeptical about the series “Nevsky” in the reviews, the actors and roles for which were selected by the producer tandem of I. Yurchenko and S. Shcheglov.
The fact is that many police and other law enforcement officials in the project are shown malicious bribes. Moreover, this is not positioned as nonsense, but looks like a trend. In addition to corruption, negligence and incompetence in the fight against organized crime are shown. While watching, one involuntarily wonders if corruption really flourishes so much in the organs. Yes, isolated cases are present, but the system is designed to withstand these phenomena. Naturally, a one-sided statement of facts, a thickening of colors caused waves of indignation in the reviews of the series "Nevsky".
Controversial issue
Even the culmination scene in which the protagonist detains the mysterious killer, who turned out to be the same ex-partner Kirill Nazarov, is considered by the authors of the reviews in two ways. The fact is that the hired killer justifies his atrocities with meager income. Even the fact that the main antagonist is a man in uniform, outrages many.
Some picky viewers in their reviews of the series "Nevsky" argue that the demonstration of arbitrariness and bribery of law enforcement agencies fosters hatred of them.
Others are convinced that television more likely describes the existing reality, rather than encouraging domestic filmmakers to demonstrate how to live, to form the right patterns of behavior and images.
Acting Ensemble
We turn to reviews of the actors of the series "Nevsky". They are mostly positive. The starring actor, Anton Vasilyev, as well as Dmitry Palamarchuk, who played his friend Fomin, received special praise.
Anton Vasiliev, who played Pavel Semenov in the series, has more than forty films and series on his account. The status of a recognizable performer was brought by the paintings “Curious Barbarian”, “Mommies”, “A4 format” and “Fool's Day”. But the most famous artist made rating project "Nevsky".
The image of Alexei Fomin, as noted, was embodied by Dmitry Palamarchuk. The performer began his creative career in the theater. Among the significant productions with his participation, the performances “Janitor” and “Leviathan” are distinguished. Widespread popularity came to the actor after his appearance on domestic television screens. He made his debut in the sixth season of Broken Street Streets. After he was involved in the projects “Touched”, “His Alien Life” and in the third season of the “Cop Wars”.
To be continued
In general, the audience warmly welcomed the first season of the crime film, so the creators immediately set to production of the second. Reviews for the series "Nevsky. Strength test ”confirmed the correctness of the decision of the authors.
Project events unfold a year after those described in the first season. Semenov leaves law enforcement, works as a taxi driver. His measured existence is violated by the unknown, who staged an assassination attempt on his friend Thomas. Paul returns to work, for he is tormented by doubts that the real Architect is still walking in freedom.