In the series "Karamora" with Kozlovsky, beautiful Petersburg and actors are pleased, and the dialogues are terrifying

A new multi-part project "Karamora" by Danila Kozlovsky is already available in the START online cinema. The latter acted not only as the leading actor, but also as a director and producer. The first two episodes can be watched from January 20.

The series is about vampires, their influence on Russian history and the struggle against them by the revolutionary Karamora. So if you were interested in what the name means before watching, then everything is simple: this is the name of the main character. And this is also the name of the story of Maxim Gorky, which, according toThe trailer for the first series of Danila Kozlovsky "Karamora" was released / Rossiyskaya Gazeta Kozlovsky, he was inspired by the creation of the central image.

The series turned out to be very ambiguous. A number of shortcomings in it coexists with many advantages. And literally for every compliment that you want to make, there is some minus.

The decadent atmosphere of the Silver Age…

Russian Empire, early 20th century. Anarchist Karamora and his beloved Alina face more than just rebellion during their next outing comrades-in-arms, dissatisfied with the too soft policy of their leader, but also with some infernal being. It has incredible power, and in a fight with it, all revolutionaries perish.

Karamora, who in fact turned out to be a double agent, miraculously survives. Now he is obsessed with the idea of ​​telling everyone about the mysterious evil that has settled in the city. But no one believes the hero, and the former allies are already looking for him to avenge the betrayal.

Alina also survives. She comes to her senses in the house of Prince Runevsky. It turns out that he was the very creature that attacked her comrades. From him, the girl learns that representatives of many noble families - vampires. And now she is one of them.

It's strange, but in the series, in the title of which the nickname of the protagonist is given, this very hero is just not very much. Screen time is divided roughly equally between Karamora's and Alina's story arcs. At the same time, everyone thinks about the other that he is dead. And in fact, this is a great solution to show more interesting characters and locations.

In just three episodes, Karamora manages to change several countries and cities. Together with the heroes, we are transported from pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg to the Carpathians, and from Amsterdam to Tbilisi, and this does not let us get bored. Moreover, the work of the directors-decorators here is on top and does not cause a feeling of Spanish shame, as in the recent trilogy about Bendery.

St. Petersburg scenes have definitely been invested with the most love and effort. The gloomy aesthetics of decadence, the political crisis against the backdrop of the rise of culture and art - all this is conveyed with surprising care. And this is unusual in a good sense, since the background in domestic projects is rarely worked out so well.

…but inappropriate nudity and boring fights

But the devil is still in the details, and minor flaws spoil the whole impression. The series is just bursting at the seams. erotica. Because of this, "Karamora" wants to be compared again with "Bender", where Ostap's loss of innocence was shown in all details.

In fact, the piquant moments are to some extent justified by the situation, since the intellectuals of the Silver Age were not particularly chaste. But still, you can see the difference between the nudity required to reveal a character and the fact that the heroines in one episode, for no reason, took a bath three or four times.

It is characteristic that the creators are fixated on female physicality. And if the authorsWitcher"Pamper the audience by undressing Anya Chalotra as often as Henry Cavill, then in the domestic project, the fan service is designed only for connoisseurs of ladies' charms.

There are a lot of fight scenes in the series, but one can only say about them that they are boring. The characters are simply not very technically hitting each other, and this is not enough to keep the viewer's attention. Characters scatter into bloody pieces, their heads are pierced, and their bodies are torn in half. But without good staging, it's as interesting to watch as it is to sharpen a pencil.

Charming vampires and charismatic side characters…

Much nicer than fanservice and mediocre fights, look at Philip Jankowski in the role of Prince Runevsky. The artist steals every scene with his feline grace and aristocratic mannerisms. And even not particularly funny jokes in his mouth sound funny. For some reason, Jankowski is easy to imagine in the company of vampires from "Real Ghouls", where he would fit perfectly.

The only pity is that in most of the scenes, Philip plays with the debutante Daria Balabanova, who looks as faded as possible. Moreover, the motives of the heroine raise questions. So, she goes from completely denying her new essence to accepting the role of a vampire in just a few scenes. Though maybe a hot bath just helped her.

But the secondary characters are much more enjoyable. This is the British journalist Arthur (who, by the way, is played by an American), and the Georgian bandit Koba, and the infernally beautiful Patsia performed by Nino Ninidze. And even if these characters appear for a short time and, in fact, just make up the background, it is they who drag the story.

But about Karamor, in whose history the main drama lies, nothing bad or good can be said. This hero is a white sheet of paper, a typical character of Danila Kozlovsky. And there is a feeling that it would be much more interesting if he played villain, and not just another big guy with a clear moral code and a heightened sense of justice.

…but mediocre dialogue and strange cameos

With all the merits of the entourage, staging and individual images, the replicas are written terribly. The characters talk to each other in a way that no one would ever do in real life, and many things are said directly. An example is the moment at the very beginning of the series, when the hero wakes up in the house of a familiar socialite, where guests have just gathered.

Visually, this is a very good scene. The authors really succeeded in the decadent atmosphere of the poetic living rooms of the early 20th century - those who read the memoirs of Nadezhda Teffi about the authors of that time will immediately understand what they are talking about. Among the bohemians, mystical and occult moods were then popular, and all this goes well with the theme of vampirism.

But all the magic collapses when a stranger who has just read Mayakovsky's "Night" turns out to be... Mayakovsky! How lucky that the poet decided to pay a visit at this time. And how much better it would be if the creators left the viewer the opportunity to guess whose poems are now being heard, and experience a pleasant feeling of recognition.

However, instead, the screenwriter, like an annoying prompter, suggests what he would like to understand without someone else's help. By the way, other historical cameos will appear later in the story. Among them is the long-suffering Rasputin.

Karamora is a strange series that bizarrely combines talented acting with terrible dialogue, and a bewitching entourage of decadence with hateful eroticism and a certain amount of cringe. It is difficult to say unequivocally whether to watch the work of Danila Kozlovsky or not. It attracts just as much as it repels. But still, there is definitely something in this project.