A Serbian Film - (Nickoli)

Any film that opens up with a scene where a child is sitting in the living room watching a porn flick where his own father is fucking some broad, it's gonna be a great film with a ton of surprises. I'll say this right now, if you have a weak stomach at all, this film is not for you. I don't say it because of the blood or gore in it, I say this because of the subjects they touch on and how far they push those certain subjects. You can tell that director/co-writer Srdjan Spasojevic is looking for the most grotesque and shocking images ever existed and he has conquered it all.

Let's see if I can get you folks interested in the story at all. As said above, the film opens up with a child watching a hardcore porn film in the living room of his parents home. You later go on to learn that the male lead in the flick is his own father that used to be in the porn game but retired some time ago, yet he may be reconsidering joining back because he is having tough times and not making enough money to raise his family. A certain mysterious man contacts Milos (the lead character), he has a contract that Milos might be interested in with a large sum of dough attached to it. I won't ruin anything for you so watch the film and be just as disturbed as I was while watching in horror and disgust.

In a awkward and terrible way, I feel bad for director Srdjan Spasojevic, you see, with this being his debut film, how can he top this? Will he top this? Hell, can any film maker top this film as far as Srdjan pushed it? With so much anger and raw violence all thrown into one film, this has to be one of the most incredibly sick and twisted/raw films I've ever seen in my entire life. Not saying that's a bad thing though, I wouldn't take back one second I spent watching it for anything. Something sparks with you as you watch this film, something deep inside that you never knew existed inside you. Maybe it's a whole bundle of thoughts that you would of never guessed you had, maybe it's the fact that you're watching rape and decapitation on a film you may love. Whatever it may be, you can't deny this film is all about violence, violence, violence with a bit of an amazing story, very well written story, might I add.

If at any given moment during this film you stop breathing and quite possibly start to cry, the film has done it's job. If you question yourself about, "Why am I still watching this?", the film has done it's job. We've seen past snuff films be used in movies before but even if you've seen real snuff films, this is on a whole different level.

Be warned though, watching this movie after eating any form of food is just bad news, watch it on an empty stomach with a glass of water. The water is mainly to keep your mouth from being dry, trust me, it's going to be wide-open with your chin on the floor about half way into the film.

It's time for me to try to sleep but nightmares of rape and disfigured, badly beaten women will probably wake me up in the next 2 to 3 hours, fucking joy.