Review by deadokx

"Slovo patsana" gives an excellent idea of a lost generation - frightened, confused, trying new and unknown things at the turn of the century, on the border of two states, one of which does not really exist yet. "Here it will soon be like in America, and maybe even better," says Ivan Yankovsky's hero optimistically. Optimism is the property of authorities.

There is no and, it seems, no happy ending is expected for the characters in the series. Once they take the path of crime, young guys are doomed to either answer to the law or to their conscience for the rest of their lives. In perestroika Kazan, man is a wolf to man, the strong are always right, especially if he has reinforcement in his hands. However, even wolves gather in packs, because the real threat to their world is the one that "supplies the Stingers to the spirits."