Heavy everyday life of the guards. History of creation, success, characters and actors of "Slaughter Force"

Leaving the dashing 1990s behind, the domestic cinema hastened to transfer the main milestones of this difficult time for the country to the big screen. Popularity was gained by detective-criminal projects, one of which was "Slaughter Force". The actors of the series will become the topic of our article.

Unofficial spin-off

Based on the novels of Andrey Kivinov, "Power ..." was perceived by the competitor as successful at the time "Streets of Broken Lights". Based on NTV, they received an incredible rating. However, Kivinov, being the main screenwriter, did not want to understand the disagreements that had arisen with the channel's management, but simply left. "Streets", of course, coped without him, and he himself accepted an offer from ORT (now - Channel One).

Thus a similar series of almost 100% was born, which was called "Slaughter Force". Actors, who became the main screen prototypes for the following years, gladly agreed to star in the pilot series. But not all of them remained until the end of the series.

Steeper competitors

Television, perhaps for the first time in its history, faced an unprecedented phenomenon: simultaneously on two channels, the same-type serials were shown, similar to two drops of water. It remained only to hope for the audience and their preference. Independent agency TNS Gallup Media analyzed the airtime indicators and reported: the rating priority belongs to the offspring of ORT. In order not to confuse viewers, Andrei Kivinov diversified the plot with adventure. So, the action of the "Slaughter Force" was not limited to the territory of Russia, and the employees of the bodies were "allowed" to get to the tops of power, investigating the most high-profile cases. The actors of "Slaughter Force" were joined by a number of invited stars, which also reflected on popularity. The main pride of the series was Gerard Depardieu.

Subject motifs

The narrative revolves around the operatives of the Petersburg police. The first part of the series connected a single story story. In the future, each episode developed independently, without connection with its predecessor.

Senior lieutenants, captains, majors - all of them were united by "Slaughter Force". Actors and roles quickly took root in the audience hearts. The show perfectly showed all the hardships of the police service: for a small salary, operatives perform their professional duty, often endangering their own lives.

Main screen faces

Even at the creation of the series, an important task was to select the performers of the main roles. They must be different, charismatic, with a sense of humor, and, of course, real men. The actors of "Slaughter Force", such as Konstantin Khabensky, received an excellent opportunity for career growth. In the series, Khabensky invariably played the senior lieutenant, and after - Captain Igor Plakhov, and lasted all six seasons. Further creative activity of the actor is known to everyone - Constantine has become the leading artist of the country. He played in a variety of vivid paintings, took part in the sound of a number of films.

The actors of "Slaughter Force" include Andrey Fedortsov, who became a screen partner for Khabensky. The peculiarity of Andrei is his ability to balance on the verge of serious, dramatic and comedic images. He played a car rider in "The New Adventures of Mentes," a board member in The Master and Margarita, a minister in the Conspiracy, a major at Liteiny. As you can see, the range of roles allows Andrei to remain one of the most demanded contemporary artists.

Fugitives deserve forgiveness

And although the "Power ..." surpassed the popularity of "Streets of Broken Lights", with the completion of nine episodes of the first season, Aleksey Nilov (Larin), Sergei Selin (Dukalis), Mikhail Trukhin (Volkov), Alexander Polovtsev (Solovets) returned to the original source. Their care was compared with the translation of Plakhov, Rogov and Shishkin who joined them in the main administration under the leadership of General San Sanich (Viktor Kostetsky). The retired actors of the series "Slaughter Force" are replaced by new characters. So, in the script there are registered majors, criminologists, captains, informants, experts. Sergey Koshonin, Mikhail Porechenkov, Yevgeny Ganelin, Yuri Galtsev become new faces . At the same time, a number of secondary images are introduced: mother-in-law and father-in-law Rogova (Olga Kalmykova and Georgy Shtil), prosecutor (Stanislav Sadalsky), girl Plakhova (Julia Rudina).

Place in history

The ratings of the series contain mostly neutral reviews. Critics noted the "exploitation" of patterned characters, which could be in any film similar in style, and the main characters, Plakhov and Rogov, are not seen as fighters with crime. The scriptwriters' mistake is the giving of absurd features and a set of shortcomings. This is bad for the personal life and the performance of their duties.

In part, the actors of the "Slaughter Force" agreed with this. Once Konstantin Khabensky admitted that he was dissatisfied completely with his work in the film.

Nevertheless, the audience watched the show with interest for six years. Now he will take his place on the same shelf with the "Cops" and "Kamenskaya", but then, in the 2000s, "Slaughter Force" was perceived as a real breakthrough.