Sword (Seasons 1–2)

Sword (2009) is a Russian crime drama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Aleksei Lukanev. Max Kalinin comes back from military service and joins law enforcement with one intention: to actually do the job.

The first arrest goes cleanly. What follows does not. His superior takes him aside and explains that the man in custody would prefer to resolve things privately — and that the department, quietly, has always worked this way. Colleagues confirm it without saying a word. Max declines the arrangement.

Roman Kurtsyn, Nina Gogaeva, Viktoria Fisher, and Darya Poverennova lead the cast. The series is at its best in the gap between what Kalinin knows and what he refuses to accept — he is not naive, which makes his refusal feel earned rather than righteous. Stream Sword (2009) online on iFILM.