StunnaKrypto Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Enustik I was completely amazed by the energy and ambiguity of this film. It manages to be extremely funny, disturbing and depressing at the same time. Backy and Marko, two guys fighting to support the Communism against the Nazism, are living their lives intensely. They steal, they drink, they fight and they are frequent costumers at brothels. It seems that the reason why they are bravely fighting against the Germans is lass because of ideology and more because they want to see some action, and they are only by chance fighting on the Communist side. On the first part of the film, named War, the Germans are attacking Yugoslav, and after having the city bombed, the citizens find shelter underground. The second part, named Cold War, takes place 20 years after the first incident. Because both Backy and Marko fall in love for the same woman, in order to marry her, Marko makes Backy and all the people living underground believe that the war is not over, and that they should stay underground and trust Marko to bring information and food. Finally, the third part, named Civil War, portrays the civil wars in Yugoslav and the effects of the decisions made by the characters on the first and second parts. The first and second parts are marked by the presence of an orchestra playing in almost all shots. It gives a hallucinating and dynamic rhythm for the scenes. All the characters are well constructed and have strong and intense personalities - sometimes it feels as if all of them are on the verge of craziness. The use of dark humour to deal with such a heavy theme as war produces intense effects on the audience - at the same time you can't avoid laughing, you feel guilty for laughing at such a sad theme. Emir Kusturica was heavily criticized for providing an unfaithful portrait of the war. However, his aim was not to portray the war faithfully, but to give his own interpretation of the war. It seems that the critics who rely on this point are not aware that it is intended to be a work of art, and not a documentary.

Andrei R Underground manages to depict the ripping apart of former Yugoslavia in a very unique manner; the drama is reflected in the entire universe of the movie (nature, animals, etc), not only in the stories of the main characters. Happiness, humor, suffering, sadness coexist and they are presented in the unique style of Emir Kusturica.

Branko Petrovic Era There is some rumors that no one can betray you as someone really close, like godfather, or that there is no war if brother fight each other.This is at first story about friendship between two mostly different characters placed in two main roles, Crni and Marko, chasing for love of one woman, Natalia, which in one great musically color-full scene declares them as "there can be made one great made from two of you". In a drama of World War II placed in Belgrade, they will be fighting against Nazi Germans, for freedom and for her love. Lot of black humor comic scenes in war colored places of Balkan, filmed from genius Emir Kusturica, made this movie "must see" if u "wanna understand Balkan soul".

gavin6942 The story follows an underground weapons manufacturer in Belgrade during WWII and evolves into fairly surreal situations. A black marketeer who smuggles the weapons to partisans doesn't mention to the workers that the war is over, and they keep producing. Years later, they break out of their underground "shelter" --- only to convince themselves that the war is still going on.I know very little about Yugoslavian film, or Serbian film or any other film industry of the region. But this is some great satire here, with the sensibility of Luis Bunuel or those fine folks who made "Delicatessen" and "Amelie" (drawing a blank on their names, sorry). Who knew that war could be funny? This is the sort of war comedy that "Life is Beautiful" could only dream of being.