Topi

I accidentally stumbled upon this series, and, to be honest, I did not expect anything good from it. And I was wrong. First, the plot, the author of which is the famous writer Dmitry Glukhovsky, is extremely intriguing and fascinating at the same time. The series perfectly combines elements of horror, thriller and detective at the same time. At the same time, the ending of the series does not answer all the questions that the viewer will have. Secondly, the cast is excellent, but most of all I was impressed by Maxim Sukhanov. Third, the music perfectly complements the atmosphere of mysticism. In short, this is an unexpectedly good Russian TV series.

Well that was complete waste of time... boring, bad acting and storyline of 70s mexican sope opera.

Topi at first seems to be an intrusive series that decided to show the mystical life of the Russian hinterland. The first series decently nudge the atmosphere and mysticism. But the actions are so prolonged, instead of 7 episodes there should be 4 maximum. The plot begins to sag closer to the middle. The ending does not explain anything at all, half of the storylines are torn. The final has no logical explanation at all. Dmitry Glukhovsky wrote the script for the series, Kinopoisk HD advertised it. And it turned out a very medium-quality series in which you can cancel except for the bad acting of the main characters.

Somewhat familiar genre tropes help to get through the first few episodes, while the plot gets going. Unfortunately, the further I went into Topi, the more captivating yet confused everything became.

Some of it feels like allusions to Bulgakov, yet the explicit scenes I still found over the top and not adding much to the story.

The ending left most of the storylines hanging, which was sadly quite predictable (or predetermined, if you will).

Don't regret the time spent watching this, mostly due to compelling performances from the cast (Max, Sonya and the police captain, to name a few) and a great setting.

Very interesting serial. The best of directed and script.