Volja sinovljeva

Other than the obvious great job done from the filming crew and color profile of the movie, everything else about it just bad. Story is weak, overdramatized and inconsistent, with bad acting, and the weirdest coctail of Mad Max wannabe, biker leather jackets, samurai swords, weird accents, random fidget spinner stuff all mixed together in the blender of terrible. The script sounds like it was written in english and google translate had the job of translating it to serbian, literally word for word. I was strangled and held hostage by this two and a half hour missery. Do yourself a favor and don't watch this. Two stars for camera crew and effects team. You guys make your own movie.

The movie may end up being more important than good.

While it is a bit unfair to hold the Serbian production to those same standards we expect from more advanced environments, its still the same scale we have to use for both.

The movie is not good in the most strict sense. Had it beed pumped out of Hollywood it would probably earn anywhere between 4,5 and 5,5. There are too many plotholes, characters are being introduced randomly with no depth or logic within the context, and acting is often subpar.

However, depending on the reception of the audience, it could mark the beginning of the fantasy genre proper in Serbian production. The whole endeavor took some serious cojones to even begin filming, with limited language reach and national audience not properly prepared or built for the genre. In those terms, everyone must respect what has been done here.

Had it been a bit shorter, I would have thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it in the theater.

Lets hope it kickstarts the new wave of fantasy pieces in this part of the world.

This movie is significantly better than the director's last movie, and you can clearly see it.

The pacing is good, the movie never feels like its dragging along, the cinematography, music, and honestly most of the sets are really well done considering the monetary and location limitations, most important part is that cgi never really took me away from what was happening.

The world is interesting, and there is a lot to explore in it, but that's currently my biggest issue with the movie;

At some points of the movie we get lore dumps, to the point that you don't know whats happening and who's who, especially in the seed people backstory, the narrator doesn't help either - please don't ever use the narrator in a movie.

Despite what a lot of people say, the runtime is not too long, it just needed to be used better, the audience doesn't need to know everything, condense the story, only tell the most important details, or only show the stories important to the movie but do it properly.

Some actors were pretty bad, but they were not in the story for a long time so that makes it slightly better.

I have a lot more gripes with the movie and how it was made but you get the point.

All in all, the movie is a good stepping stone to an actually really good next movie from this team, and I'm actually excited for it.

For the past couple of years, we've been served mostly similar (read: the same) genres from Serbian cinematography-crime dramas, war stories, or rural comedies. This show, however, brings something fresh to the table. It introduces a new narrative approach and a more nuanced storytelling style that's definitely worth your time. My advice is to watch the full 8-episode series, as it broadens the scope of the story, develops characters more deeply, and fills in important details that really bring the plot together. A refreshing change and a must-watch for post-apocaliptic, Sci-Fi genre fans (myself!)!

If you're thinking of watching this movie, it's a world you've already seen somewhere before, Into the Badlands (TV series), Mad Max 2 (1981), The 100 (TV series)... Old folk tales from Serbia, introduced into the post-apocalyptic future, give a special experience.

The scenery and costumes are irresistibly reminiscent of the aforementioned series, so the viewer will get the hang of it very quickly, but the problem remains the misunderstanding of the narrator with the instrument, which is characteristic of Serbian folk songs from the 16th and 18th centuries, so if you are not close to Serbian culture, this would be an obstacle in understanding the plot of the film.

In general, it is a big step forward in the Serbian film industry. It can always be better and there will always be critics with bad reviews. Considering that this is the first film made with this kind of theme in Serbia, we have to be more tolerant.