I went to see it in the cinema with my friend. Croatian movies (especially comedies) tend to be underwhelming. Usually they're not funny at all and always have the same theme - Serbo-Croatian relationships after the Yugoslavian war. Our expectations were extremely low. But we were in for a surprise.
The movie takes place 7 years after Croatia's gone bankrupt. The population fell under 3 million, most of it being homeless on the street. It is heavily segregated, for a small part of it is very rich, including our main protagonist (Hrvoje Mikic). The biggest star is Hrvojka Horvat (Hristina Popovic), making bad, although patriotic, action movies. She's an obvious parody of Wonder Woman with a dash of M. P. Thompson. We soon find out that a mysterious disease turns people into zombies. And so our hero joins a group of survivors, including a stereotypic, homophobic Ustasha-sympathizer called Max (Dado Cosic), trying to find a cure. Along the way they find out that only Serbians are imune to the disease. The rest is up to you to find out.
As mentioned before, most Croatian movies weren't able to let go of the theme of Serbo-Croatian post-war relationships. This movie does... Well, kind of. "Posljednji Srbin u Hrvatskoj" choses nationalism in Ex-Yugoslavia in general as it's main topic rather than being specific. It makes fun of everyone: Croatians, Serbians, Bosnians, and Slovenians. It points its finger to the future, criticising current problems, such as emigration, privatisation, and the rise of extreme right-wing policies and nationalism, rather than to the past like many other movies. The zombies serve as a metaphor for ideologies that should be dead, but are still pretty much alive, which is especially evident in the later parts of the movie. Along with clever criticism, the movie also makes sure to never take itself too seriously. This is one of the few Croatian comedies I found to be genuinely funny, and me and my friend were laughing constantly. There wasn't even an attempt at a serious scene explaining the main message, and the movie is always fast-paced. Every character is a stereotype, but that fits well with the overall over-the-top tone of the movie. It can be best descriped as an Croatian twist on the zombie-comedy "Zombieland".
As stated, most people have really low expectations as far as Croatian cinematography goes. I genuinely thought that critics were bribed to write all the good reviews. But I was obviously wrong. And I'm glad I was.
P.S. I swear to God I was not bribed to write this review. :)
