DVD: Rage ("Do koske")

Overcome by an irrational rage, a 17 year-old hatchet man kidnaps his boss who had managed to cover up his true indentity and become part of the estabishment.The Kid takes this one time hero of his to a hideout in a huge,deserted steel mill where the two experience a kind of enlightenment after some twenty hours of infernal games and agony. Finally, the police arrive ...

Before the collapse of Communism, East European masses have been led to believe that the capitalism would allow anyone to become rich. But the dream became reality only for tiny minority. The overwhelming majority suddenly became impoverished and baffled by the way their more fortunate neighbours had their wealth gained with apparent lack of trying. Consequences of this sudden change are explored in DO KOSKE, Serbian 1998 drama directed by Slobodan Skerlic. The story begins in 1996 Belgrade. There are only two classes of people who enjoy good life - those close to Milosevic's regime and gangsters. Kovac (played by Lazar Ristovski) is one of Serbia's more successful gangsters. Through the years he earned enough money to afford luxurious mansions, expensive cars and sexy mistresses. Because of this many young and impoverished Serbs see him as their role model. Kovac returns this affection by acting as a father figure towards young men employed in his outfit. His trust is going to be abused by two teenagers who abduct him. This happened on impulse and two youths don't have a clue why they did it and what to do with their prisoner. Gradually they begin to see opportunity to instantly gain the wealth that Kovac used to gather through years. They put Kovac to terrible torture in order to extract business secrets from him. As night goes on, it becomes clear that their enterprise would result in nothing but senseless bloodshed. Many critics saw great similarity between DO KOSKE and Tarantino's RESERVOIR DOGS. This film was, however, more inspired by the dark realities of 1990s Serbia - country ravaged by wars, UN sanctions, corrupt regime, ruined economy and almost complete disappearance of morals from society. Serbian film on dvd!