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Thu, Dec 29, 2005
Sorry for Kung Fu
THE MOVIE
As far as non-American film industries go, Croatia's isn't exactly Bollywood. The Internet Movie Database shows fewer than 600 films to come out of Croatia EVER, and many of those were straight-to-video or TV productions.
So you cut a little slack for a war-ravaged country where most of the citizens have more urgent things on their minds than making movies. But "Sorry for Kung Fu" ("Oprosti za kung fu"), the third feature from writer/director Ognjen Svilicic, requires more than a little slack. It's slow-moving and feels padded, even at only 72 minutes.
It has some good ideas, though. It begins with the return of Mirjana (Daria Lorenci) to her remote Croatian village from Germany, where she has been staying during the recent military conflicts. Mirjana is under 25, unmarried ... and pregnant.
Her parents, Jozo (Filip Rados) and Kate (Vera Zima), insist... Read the entire review
Sorry for Kung Fu