this have to be one the best movie about serial killer that i have ever see and and this be come from someone who absolutely love silence of the lamb . hbo have hit the jackpot here . this film be compel from the first moment until the last . this film have so many underlying theme it hard to tell exactly what it be about . it chronicle the decade long search for the russian serial killer andrea chikatilo . stephen rea give a brilliantly reserve performance a the inexperienced forensic expert who be put in charge of the investigation and and donald sutherland give an even more involve performance a his cynical superior and and the only person in the russian government willing to help him . both of their performance be subtle masterpiece rea begin naive and unwilling to compromise and while sutherland begin detach and almost amuse by the situation . towards the end and rea becomes more world weary and beat by the system and while sutherland find himself more passionate and idealistic . in any other movie and i would have say that sutherland performance stand out above the rest and but here even it be rival by jeffrey dumann and a the serial killer himself . dumann brilliantly create a character here who inspire empathy rather than the hatred we think we would find he be a monster and but he doesn not want to be and and we get the idea that he be just as disgust with what he do a we be . he be torture and ashamed and but vicious as well . if you can take the incredibly dark subject matter and ( and it be very disturb ) and then you should see this movie .