This is a movie that portrays the specific turbulent times in Serbia between two wars, one fought in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the other one, more devastating for this country, on Kosovo. In particular, this story is about two boys caught in vacuum of harsh reality and world of fantasy, where most of their generation wanted to have money in quicker ways, trough crime and fast life. This sounds like an intriguing plot.However, the downside of this movie is that this is a typical film of director Srdjan Dragojevic, where he creates some kind, of ,,make-up'' reality and even to a certain extent, compels the viewer to admiration of these tragic figures who have marked an inglorious period in the history of this unfortunate country. As a citizen of Belgrade, I think the film shows shallow picture of that crime world and humor is crude. Most certainly Serbian cinematography has a lot of better examples of those kind of movies.For a better understanding of those times, I recommend the documentary film called: ,,See you in the obituary'' or ,,Vidimo se u čitulji'' on Serbian. There you won't find cheesy phrases and moments which abound Dragojevic's movie.

Dark, bleak, hopeless, harsh, uncompromising, periodically injected with black humor, but overall quite powerful - Srdjan Dragojevic's follow-up to "Pretty Village, Pretty Flame," weaves a tragic coming of age story in Yugoslav capital Belgrade during the turbulent 90's with all the sharp cultural, social, political references and critique one could ask for. This film actually fits more along the lines of "Cabaret Balkan," except that "Rane" has this gangster twist to it. Among the supporting actors I noticed a lot of familiar faces such as Miki Manojlovic, Dragan Bjelogrlic, Branca Katic, Nikola Kojo, who you may be familiar with from films like "Underground," "Black Cat, White Cat," above mentioned "Pretty Village, Pretty Flame" and "Cabaret Balkan" and such. Definitely recommended if you are interested in Serbia/Yugoslavia or Serbian film making.

It's a shame there is no U.S. distribution yet. I got a chance to see this film at the SF film fest and it was brilliant. It definitely has some elements of Scarface along with a coming of age story of a boy in a war torn country. This film Rules!

The movie is excellent, it's a pure reality! What's more, i think that these a******s from RTS ( Serbian TV and radio broadcast ( controled by Milosevic )) didn't even knew that they were digging the grave for themselves when they have invested the money in the movie! I want to say that "The Wounds" are the best movie recorded in Yugoslavia last year, and that everything in it is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God!