As I big fan of The Warriors, movie poster for premiere on Pula Film Festival instantly caught my attention. What also caught my attention is significant rating drop in past two days which means that audience in Pula has their standards high up.
There are two things to point out in the beginning which came from observing remarks of other people watching this movie. First one is that there are plenty of references that might be really difficult to understand to the viewers from countries other than Croatia and its neighbors. Second one, presence of Branko Uvodic attracted some of the older audience probably thinking it would be some easy going music show. Well, it's not. And they didn't hide their displeasure on violence and swear words.
Plot is rather straightforward and faithfully follows one of The Warriors. There are many references there for other movies that influenced the director and there's an outstanding amount of details packed in every scene. Acting is extraordinary, given the fact that many of actors are still "green". As music is a center piece of the movie, it is well adapted into it, combining tamburica arrangements with hard rock in a subtle manner that really blends into the movie.
Croatian movies have been dominated for a long time with dull dramas which have almost identical motifs, seeing such movie was one refreshing experience. It has a new fun approach on a classic movie, it's fun, dynamic, somewhat trashy and delightful.
There are two things to point out in the beginning which came from observing remarks of other people watching this movie. First one is that there are plenty of references that might be really difficult to understand to the viewers from countries other than Croatia and its neighbors. Second one, presence of Branko Uvodic attracted some of the older audience probably thinking it would be some easy going music show. Well, it's not. And they didn't hide their displeasure on violence and swear words.
Plot is rather straightforward and faithfully follows one of The Warriors. There are many references there for other movies that influenced the director and there's an outstanding amount of details packed in every scene. Acting is extraordinary, given the fact that many of actors are still "green". As music is a center piece of the movie, it is well adapted into it, combining tamburica arrangements with hard rock in a subtle manner that really blends into the movie.
Croatian movies have been dominated for a long time with dull dramas which have almost identical motifs, seeing such movie was one refreshing experience. It has a new fun approach on a classic movie, it's fun, dynamic, somewhat trashy and delightful.