REN-TV channel in 2017 presented to the domestic audience the action-packed series “Fathers”, 12 episodes in length. Heroes - Russian parents - will make all Middle Eastern terrorist groups nervous.
Film crew
The project takes place in ten countries around the world, including Egypt, the Czech Republic, Libya, Sweden, Cyprus, Estonia and, of course, Russia. But the episodes with "Syria" were filmed in Armenia.
The director of the television series was Arsho Harutyunyan, Mikhail Pogosov, who was also a member of the production group, worked on the script. Musical accompaniment was written by Stanislav Yegiyants, the operator Arthur Karayan was responsible for the successful camera angles.
The list of key role performers includes: I. Oganesyan, V. Steklov, V. Shlykov, K. Adaev, M. Dakhnenko. The creators considered that, together with minor heroes and extras, almost 850 people visited the frame. The series “Fathers” received commendable reviews and comments from the audience, critics met the premiere more restrained. The rating of the serial television movie on “Kinopoisk” - 6.5
Plot plot
If the series “Fathers” received mixed reviews about the ending, then every second reviewer praises the storyline. Terrorists from the Middle East are abducting several high school students: members of the youth women's volleyball team who participated in competitions in Cyprus.
One of the abducted girls is the daughter of Oleg Maltsev, an ex-intelligence agent, whose image was embodied by Ivan Oganesyan. According to the hero’s guess, this is a diversion - an act of revenge on Oleg for the liquidation of the son of one of the leaders of the group. Maltsev does not intend to start the matter by gravity, teaming up with another parent Arthur Krupenin (actor Konstantin Adaev), whose daughter was also stolen, goes in pursuit of kidnappers.
Almost catching up with the attackers, due to the circumstances, the heroes lose their trace. So briefly, refraining from spoiling, reviews about the Fathers series characterize the main intrigue of the project.
To be continued…
Along with the actions of Maltsev and Krupenin in Moscow, advanced hacker Rodion Rogozhin, performed by Maxim Dakhnenko, and mercenary soldier Yuri Litvinov (Vasily Shlykov), who had not seen his daughter for almost 8 years, acting independently in the investigation, achieved some success. But after that, they were “recruited” by the FSB agent Sergey Kovalev (Sergey Gubanov), who led the operation to rescue the hostages, and the heroes adjoin the team.
Authorities in African and Middle Eastern countries reject the FSB's formal request for assistance. Then the security agents decide to help the heartbroken fathers in an informal search for children. Of course, reviews of the TV series “Fathers” published by movie experts indicate plot secondary, but the script is not attributed to the flaws.
An idea that does not lose relevance
News releases regularly include messages about parents protecting their children in one way or another, taking revenge on their offenders. This burning theme has been used more than once by filmmakers.
For example, in 1998 S. Govorukhin created “Voroshilovsky shooter” with M. Ulyanov, and in 2016 a thriller with A. Schwarzenegger called “Consequences” was released, the narrative of which is the tragedy of the Russian citizen Vitaliy Kaloev.
According to reviews, the series “Fathers” has no real background to the events being demonstrated, but it contains a lot of references to the geopolitical trends of our time.
In pursuit of criminals, the heroes will visit more than a dozen states, the hallmark of which is the unlimited corruption and practical impotence of official authorities. Foreign law enforcement officers are practically not involved in the narrative, no one is trying to prevent their fathers from driving stolen cars, throwing grenades, and firing from machine guns and pistols.
Everyone understands that in reality the adventures of the heroes shown in the television movie would end quickly and rather sadly.
With a hint of a second season
Of course, the authors of the project play along with their characters. The four heroes are divided: those following in the wake of the kidnappers in the Libyan desert are in the “combat phase”.
Maltsev has the appropriate training, experience in conducting anti-terrorist operations, decent knowledge of foreign languages and interrogation techniques. His partner went through a real school of survival in the Lyubertsy organized crime group, so he could easily win a hassle with office obese guards or pay off the police.
But critics in the reviews of the series “Fathers” do not give them the palm, noting that the hacker Rogozhin, with the assistance of Russian special services, is capable of all kinds of miracles.
By the way, the hero of “Voroshilovsky shooter” also had support in law enforcement, but Kaloev appeared in court and served part of the term.
In this situation, the terrorists naturally have no chance. Russian fathers will find them everywhere, and when their daughters are safe, they will take revenge so that for the second season they will have to look for new antagonists. By the way, reviewers focus on the incomplete ending of the series "Fathers". Reviews predict the real possibility of a sequel to the project.