Brakes

Nikita, a thirty—year—old jerk, is torn between his ex-wife, Natasha, whose feelings for her ex-husband have not cooled down, and Vika, the current wife and mother of his child. Drugs are planted on him on the street, as a result of which he ends up in prison. As it turned out, everything was done so that instead of Nikita, who was sentenced to probation, another person would be released from the courtroom — a very similar agent of the Jonik drug mafia.

Directed by —, Brakes leans on a strong ensemble — Anastasiya Krasovskaya, Roman Evdokimov, Viktoriya Romanenko — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The series landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 0.