Gogol. Viy

Russian movies have done quite the leap in the Science Fiction department. The first part may have looked a bit like a Sleepy Hollow thing ... this has more detective parts in it. And while the movies sort of work as standalone movies, they actually only really work seen together (imho).

So it is quite difficult to understand how this will be (seen) by those who only watch this and not the other two movies. This is the middle part and we have become aware of the central characters ... we get more of them, but they stay "intriguing" to say the least ... Looks and sounds good, this seems a little bit more focused than the first ... but again, it may have to do with knowing the characters better by now.