Sejtanov ratnik

Got it recently on DVD and couldn't wait to watch it. But after 15 minutes of watching it I was so disappointed and bored! Maybe I expected too much by watching a trailer (big mistake). I think this movie is boring and bad. All good about it is that it has special audio/visual effects unseen in Serbian cinematography, and that it's a work of a young enthusiasts. OK, so they got some fancy equipment and they know how to use a Mac G5, but that's not most important thing, because everything else, the acting (except the acting of older Serbian actors), the plot, etc. is bad. The main actors are young and unexperienced (mostly still on academy). A mixture of urban Belgrade life and fairytale with monsters just doesn't work! It just proved my statement that newest Serbian cinematography is definitely not worth watching.

The movie is very funny. If you are an advanced war crime humor enjoyer you will like this film a lot. The cuts between scenes with completely different atmospheres can be so funny, plus adding the plot sometimes just doesn't make sense. If you know a bit of Serbian history (nisi stranac niko vam Srbije ovo ne gleda) you will find it very funny when the Knez of Serbia Karadjordje fights a Turkish demon sheitan that the film is based on. The acting is top-notch and you sometimes forget you are watching a movie. Best enjoyed with a drink or two. You will tear your stomach muscles by just laughing.

Yes, it was an extremely well made movie considering the age of Filipovic, the lack of funds and resources in Serbia. But 7.9/10 for the current average vote!?! Voting for IMDb is not to be taken from the standpoint of someone following the state of current Serbian cinema. Give it a more realistic mark compared to ALL the movies available. It really deserves about the 3/10 I gave it - I would've given it a 2/10, but not for the fact that I need to respect the fact that it was made with great difficulty. The movie did display some excellent hope for the future of Serbian movie-making (and Filipovic's next projects), but it doesn't help that the nationalists won elections the other day... Can't wait for the next round of anti-Western propaganda!... What a waste of a good country - when will they finally wake up and smell the roses?...

I've just come back from cinema, and I must say I'm delighted. I had been told this movie was remarkable, but I didn't except so much. It's great, really you should definitely see it. Not something revolutionary that will change the history of film, but surely a great step for Serbian cinema. I'm proud of this project. There are nice interesting bits from Serbian history, and I have to mention that scenes in school were filmed in MY SCHOOL. :D

As I already said, the film is a lot of fun, has a nice creepy atmosphere, it laughs at some parts of our society. Tension increases as the time passes, everything is done as I would do it myself.

I will probably watch it one more time, it's worth it, and I'm sure no less fun than the 1st time.

That's all. Enjoy watching Sheitan's Warrior!

Sheitan's Warrior is a total mess, and whole hype and praise it receive is a little bit annoying. The movie is lame mix of futile teen comedy and horror. That's truly awful enough for a start, but the director goes even further with lameness as throwing in various right-wing/patriotic lines in such already disastrous mix. There's lots of urban "humor" combined with suggestive nationalist pseudo-mythology and there's so many desperate tries with even more fails at giving this garbage some kind of social commentary value. There's some people who praise it for it's camp value, but guess what? There's no fun, the movie just plods from fail to fail. The acting is so forgettable and unconvincing, as there's not even a single scene with deep or even real emotions or expressiveness, so the characters are defined just visually. Cool camera and professional mainstream production can't save this movie, as it's totally dire and pointless in itself.