Force Fed Films: "A Serbian Film" (2010)

I have a strange interest towards films that stretch beyond the norm. I slowly grew an appreciation for Miike Takashi after watching "Ichi the Killer". So now I'm hoping that Jim would deliver great WTF movie. Though he did warn me that this was going to be a lot more worse than just gore and killing. I thought I was ready when I saw necrophilia in another Miike Takashi movie, it really can't get worse than that, right? Well it does, and well I'll try not to be too graphic, but I ain't keeping this PG with "A Serbian Film".

Surprisingly enough there is a story here, and not a terrible one to boot. Milos is a retired porn star, his success and abilities can only be compared to the great Ron Jeremy. But recently his family has landed on some rough times and the pension of a porn star is non-existent. So when Milos is offered a contract to do an 'art' film by an old colleague, he agrees. When Milos approaches the director, Vukmir, for some more information, he is denied any information prior to filming. But the payout is so big, there is no way he'll reject this. Milos accepts the offer, but he might be taking on more than he can swallow.

Milos and his loving wife.

I could just say that the movie is just fucked up, because it is, but that's a boring way to look at this film. There does seem to be a plot in the movie, burred in all the pornographic scenes that clutter this film up. The movie starts off with a soft-core clip with Milos and some porn star having sex on a bike. Which isn't too bad, until I got to the part where he is driving to an Orphanage where, when he gets out of the car he is being filmed. Some wench forces oral sex on Milos, initially enjoying it, he is forced to watch a young girl eating ice cream, putting on lip stick and licking a Popsicle. Not exactly sure how moral it is to insinuate a young girl performing oral sex, but this is probably the most modest subject matter brought up.

How bad does it get? Simple, today I saw; necrophilia, incest, paedophilia and rape. Oh by the way, did I mention he is being filmed in a snuff film? Yes of course, because it couldn't get any worse. But even all this graphic material couldn't get a rise out of me at all. It was boring, there is no real shock. It was like if a child was trying to gain attention by stepping on ants. Most of the movie was fairly boring.

Vukmir is a crazy man in the search of art!

Which was sad because the small plot they did have was fairly interested. If they tried to actually make a good movie not a 'look all the bad things I can put in a movie', it might have been more interesting. Though there is one part that I actually found interesting, now I suppose this is a spoiler so skip ahead to the next paragraph. But the best part is when Milos goes crazy and inserts his penis into a man's eye socket and fucks the shit out of it. I just died laughing, which probably says a lot more about me than the movie.

Not one point in this movie was I disgusted (well maybe once with the new born), whether it be the paedophilia or necrophilia. It was just a boring movie with scenes of morally wrong themes. At least other WTF movies have the story more involved and actually have a sense of suspense or build up before showing the eye opening moments. I was very disappointed at how tacky this movie felt more than anything else. At least I could laugh at Human Centipede or just freak out during Ichi The Killer. Here I could do neither.

Funny thing was that Jim gave me a choice, this or the third Transformers. After watching this movie, I must say. I did make the right decision, still would of seen this over the new Transformers.