The Life And Death Of A Porno Gang (2009)

With all the hype that circulated around A Serbian Film it is more then obvious that there is a market for these sex and violence snuff type films. With the success of Saw and especially Hostel it was only a mater of time before non American countries released there own versions.

A Serbian Film gained most of its notoriety by American horror-hounds due to the extreme levels of brutality. The raw stylized depictions of explicit sex and ultra violence is something that American film producers are not willing to take a gamble on. For now it is up to young film makers from countries which have suffered from great tragedy. The Serb's seem to be the perfect candidates in recent time. They don't mind blending pornographic material with grizzly murder. Not since the mean spirited 70's have American film makers ventured out into this dark territory.

The movie opens up with a young ambitious film maker named Marko who is determined to make a feature film that the world can not ignore. He gathers a group of equally depraved lunatics and they take to the road in a giant hippie bus that has dicks and vagina's spray painted on it. "Porno Gang" is written across the bus so as they travel from town to town the villagers will know they are coming. The idea is to perform a theatrical play in each town. The plays consist of murder, rape, homosexuality, bestiality, drug abuse, vomit and any other piece of perversion that you can possibly think of. I personally couldn't help but be reminded of John Waters classic trash flick Multiple Maniacs. I am sure the writer/director found some inspiration from John Waters and there is even a Pink Flamingos poster to be seen in the movie which backs my theory.

The Porno Gang is basically a modern day group of hippies similar to the Manson family or something. They consist of nymphomaniacs, homosexuals and junkies who are more then happy to share the aids virus with each other. Although very nihilistic in their political and social views, it is art that comes first. It is their artistic form that they use as an escape from the shitty struggle of their home life and the Porno Gang make it very clear that morals, emotions and good judgement comes secondary to shocking the world with their artistic brand of smut. However the gang take a sudden turn towards self destruction when they get mixed up in a snuff film racket. They are being payed handsomely by some rich piece of shit to blend real death into their perverse plays.

From this point on it is a dark road to the end. Just about every character in the movie will die. With every victim who meets their end by the hands of the Porno Gang the survivors sink further and further into a world of depression and despair. The gang seems cursed and destined for destruction. It all comes complete with a final message of nihilism and it doesn't paint a pretty picture.

The Life And Death Of A Porno Gang has scenes of hardcore gay sex as well as straight sex, man on man rape as well as man on woman rape, multiple decapitations, a hanging, suicide, gun violence, a awesome scene where a man is cut up with a chainsaw, self mutilation, slit wrists, slit throats, sledge hammer to the achy-breaky skull (complete with flying brains), lots of full frontal nudity (male and female), bestiality, animal murder and one hell of a morbid social message and the best part is that it actually came out a year before A Serbian Film. Fans of the Serbian tale of pedophilia-porn and snuff should definitely check this one out as well.