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Title:Movie Reviews and Discussion
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Created:Thu Jan 28 1993
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1249
Total number of notes:16012

893.0. "Citizen X" by BRAT::ALBERT () Fri Jul 28 1995 07:05

    
    has anyone rented the movie "Citizen X" with Donald Sutherland?
    I was wondering if anyone thought it was as good as i thought...
    
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893.1STRWRS::KOCH_PIt never hurts to ask...Fri Jul 28 1995 09:062
    
    This is an HBO movie. Very well done, IMHO. 
893.2NETRIX::michaudEat meFri Jul 28 1995 10:3611
>     has anyone rented the movie "Citizen X" with Donald Sutherland?
>     I was wondering if anyone thought it was as good as i thought...

	So you saw it.  If you are going to take the time to create
	a topic for it, why don't you at least start off by giving
	your own review of it along with a mini-synopsis of the plot?

	(boy, your parties must be boring :-)

ps: I saw this movie also and thought it was quite good, but what good
    is a bunch of notes that simply say "me too, I liked it"?
893.3recommendedEVER::LALIBERTEGT&NS Tech ServicesFri Jul 28 1995 15:0021
    me too. i liked it....alot. very good movie.
    
    was this based on fact ?
    
    it was about a russian detective selected by Soviet law enforcement
    (KGB?)  to hunt down a killer. kids were being murdered. 
    i believe it was set during the Breshnev (sp?) era. The Soviets had a 
    hard time with the concept of serial killer. They thought it was
    western depravity that didn't exist in their country. but this
    persistent detective saw the patterns and bucked the system. he had
    an ally in donald sutherland (colonel, general ?)
    who made sure he was funded, etc. ...all along you, as the audience, knew
    who the killer was and what his M.O. was... this went on for years...
    they finally caught him.
    
    one of the interesting pieces was when during peristroika (sp?), the
    detective was finally allowed to call the FBI/CIA for consultation on
    serial killers. the quantico people told the detective they had been
    watching his handling of the case for years and that US law enforcement
    considered him to be one of the best detectives in the world for
    his perseverence.
893.4depressing can be good! 8)FABSIX::I_GOLDIEresident alienFri Jul 28 1995 23:106
    
    I liked it a lot..very enjoyable but also not everyones cup of tea!I
    could imagine some people finding it quite depressing.
    
    
    						ian
893.5Very good HOTLNE::SHIELDSFri Jan 17 1997 05:0420