Juzni vetar

This is about "rough guys" in Belgrade. The main actor, Milos Bikovic, has proven to be a great charmer in "Hotel Belgrade", and is here performing a tough guy - a totally different role. The movie did not have the budget that American action films have, and yet it was surprisingly good. So, it will definitely not be a waste of time if you like these kinds of movies.

Juzni Vetar or South Wind is a Serbian crime movie and considering that majority of movies from this side of the Europe are comedy or satirical movies this one really lives up to it's potential. Milos Avramovic, the director, puts up movie about dark underground inside Serbia and while watching this movie you will feel the goosebumps of gritty and dark moments that might be too much for some people. Featuring some of the great actor talents from that part of Europe, you will appreciate everything that they are doing and how good it is done. It could be easily said that it is one of the best written movies recently published in Balkan area (Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bulgaria). It will absolutely give you the realistic idea of how things are done here or were being done which is not a good thing but in movie such as this it works perfectly. Milos Bikovic (Petar) is the main character in the movie and that guy proved how good he is because his performance will you stunned. There are also others that help elevate movie to another levels and one of them is Srdjan Todorovic (Jani) that gave a comedic aspect to movie that was so much needed in some moments because of how dark this movie is. While watching this movie you will not take your eyes of it and if you like action with violence that is really shown on screen you will love this one because there is plenty for you. It was a dark, gritty, bloody and violently spectacular. 3.5/4

Movie is ok, but i wouldn't really call it great as most people do. Story is very predictable and some moments feel just forced. But putting that aside, movie has lots of funny moments.

As Serbian movies go, this is definitely not best Serbian movie, you really can't compare this to movies like "Undergound".

Let me start with this - If this movie was American, i would give it 7/10. But since it's Serbian, i can proudly proclaim that this is a first real action movie we ever made that looks good. So, using our standards, i give it 9/10.

• Production, music, sound effects, action scenes, picture, settings...it's all top notch and surprisingly good for our standards. Not really there with Hollywood, but near it.
• Casting was great in most of the cases - Though i think the main role should have gone to a more ''dangerous looking'' actor like Viktor Savic, instead it went to Milos Bikovic - he acted very well but i feel that his portrayal of a criminal is a bit too much romanticized.
• Acting is pretty good, which is expected of a huge number of legends of Serbian cinematography that star in this movie (Especially Srdjan Todorovic and late Nebojsa Glogovac). Acting was always the strongest element of Serbian movies. Younger actors did their job well, though it wasn't anything spectacular. There was a lot of comic lines and moments, in an otherwise serious movie.
• Story is somewhat simple and really isn't the strongest point of the movie. But it's a nice change for us in Serbia to have a movie with a plot that isn't either 1) historical 2)surreal 3)overly pretentious and thus complicated. It's a nice, regular, crime story with some cliche's sprinkled over it and few very open allusions towards inefficiency and corruption of Serbian police and state.

All in all it was a thrilling movie and i enjoyed it a lot. I hope that Juzni Vetar is a taste of things to come in Serbian cinematography. We've milked comedy, tragedy, tragicomedy (especially that), surreality, period dramas and similar genres way too much (i liked them all though). Maybe it's finally time for an age of Serbian crime/action movies that are actually good.

Ni u jednom trenutku mi nije dosadio film. Drzi paznju!