A Serbian Film UNCUT (2010)
Directed By: Srdjan Spasojevic
Where to get it: Invincible Pictures
The Prologue
And yet again, A Serbian Film, has crossed my path. It was originally done with the cut MVD version, but now Invincible pictures gives it to us in it’s rough nature with a package to match. I assume this is because the heat of the film’s contents have now died down and people are a little more accepting to what goes down in this blood soaked and sex filled movie. As I’ve said before this film isn’t for everyone. But it does have it’s own little group of lovers that seem to be growing,
The Movie
Milos, a retired porn star, leads a normal family life with his wife and son in tumultuous Serbia. A sudden call from his former colleague will change everything. A leading role in a new production will provide financial support to Milos and his family for the rest of their lives. A contract insists on his absolute unawareness of a script they will shoot. The director and his cohorts will stop at nothing to complete his vision. In order to escape the living cinematic hell he’s put into, and save his family’s life, Milos will have to sacrifice everything.
I’ll give this movie credit for the unique plot! I think it’s an interesting plot. Even if it gets lost in the shuffle a bit, more on that later. Also being set around a former porn star, you should know ahead of time that you will see very strange sexual acts that you may not actually want to see throughout the film. So while there’s really just two scenes and the closing words to the film that push it over the point of no return in a moral sense (and both are here), there’s some pretty twisted stuff happening on screen before that, that people not use to shocking films might have issues with. But, that was actually somewhat the point. Apparently in that country there are strict laws against things you can and can’t do in a film, this was the bug “F you” to that. This was a fact I was missing when I first covered this.
While it packs a punch in the moral sense, I felt the drama and interest level of the film kinda wavers from time to time, as shock is put before good story telling and gets lost in the fold and hardly returns. One must remember when making a film, no matter how shocking, to not lose track of the plot and the storytelling. I think this film skips that aspect at times and it does hurt the film overall. Boogie Nights was a story of a porn star but it had a great plot to work with, there was more than just a man with a very large penis on screen. This film at times seems like Boogie Nights from hell, minus a truly coherent plot! And yes, I still think now that those areas needed work. There is a plot, but I don’t think the focus is on it enough. There’s more mind tripping things going on than things holding the plot together. However, so may like that better. Perhaps I’m just weird, but I do like a little more actual plot. A little method to the madness, if I must use an old school phrase to describe it.
Let me now get back to the main issue a lot of folks had with this film. Unlike the MVD release of the film, the really awful (in the moral way) stuff is here. Some may not like that and some might want that in because it’s the director’s creative right to be as out of left field and wild as he wants to be. So you should probably be warned that what you will be seeing isn’t anything you want to show people with a high moral fiber. You also probably don’t want to allow any kids to see this. I would assume they’d be messed up for life if that were to happen…Ya never really know, right? None the less, the film looks good and has some bloody moments. It also has some moments that may be hard for a few to watch.
The Conclusion
This is being promoted a limited release and the packaging that comes with this one is probably more fitting for the film than one might think. You get the film in it’s uncut glory shrink wrapped to a cardboard with a sticker telling the name of the film and what it’s about on the back of it. Now when you open it, it does kind of kill the display but perhaps one of creative people out there can find a way to open it and still find a cool way to store it.
(7/10)
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