It's an unimaginative film that comes across as a student film that is more interested in mastering various techniques than telling a compelling story. Nikola Kojo, who plays the lead role, appears to be sedated throughout the film. The dialogue is badly written, and it appears that the filmmakers saw it as something irritating that they just wanted to get over with, rather than invest a lot of time into. The 'twist' at the end is not original, and it offers no emotional payoff. What saves this poor attempt at a thriller is Marija Karan, not because of her acting skills, but because she looks good in the sex scene. That's the only positive about this cinematic effort, as far as I am concerned. The film uses that obnoxious green filter that so many films have used in the past two decades, and stylistically it seems to try and look like something out of Hollywood. I assume the idea was to try and promote the film abroad. The choice of filming locations suggests that, too. This is hardly a film that feels as if it was taking place in Belgrade. There is even a scene with the subway, and Belgrade's subway is really just a tiny stretch that it's highly unlikely that the protagonist would use it. It's there because the filmmakers thought it looked cool. Unfortunately, the one thing they didn't think of investing time into was the actual screenplay. The end result is a dull film that offers little in terms of suspense or action.
Review of The Fourth Man
