Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Brutal
- paranoid
- bleak
- tense
- late night thriller viewing
- serbian cinema exploration
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Major awakens from a two-month coma with total amnesia and must rebuild his identity through conflicting accounts.
Military security, state security, a politician, a businessman, and a mafioso all shape the Major’s investigation.
The Major discovers that his former identity includes responsibility as a war criminal.
The murdered family, coma, despair, assassination attempt, and war-crimes revelation frame the story in sustained ethical darkness.
Films like The Fourth Man, and why
The Bourne Identity
amnesia-driven conspiracy thriller centered on identity, manipulation, and political violence
Memento
morally dark psychological mystery involving memory loss, hidden culpability, and a violent past
The Lives of Others
grim eastern european conspiracy thriller exploring war crimes, state power, and fractured identity
Movie Details
- Director
- Dejan Zečević
- Release Date
- 2007-02-20
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (30)
Cast
- Nikola Kojo
- Dragan Petrović 'Pele'
- Marija Karan
- Bogdan Diklić
- Dragoslav 'Dragan' Nikolić
- Miodrag 'Miki' Krstović
- Boris Milivojević
- Radoslav 'Rale' Milenković
- Feđa Stojanović
- Semka Sokolović-Bertok
Common questions
- What is The Fourth Man about?
- After waking with no memory and a murdered family, a Serbian military major enters a lethal conspiracy that forces him to confront the monster he used to be.
- What is The Fourth Man like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Fourth Man as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Fourth Man violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Fourth Man as brutal.
- Which films are like The Fourth Man?
- Films with a similar feel include The Bourne Identity, Memento, and The Lives of Others.
- How long is The Fourth Man?
- The Fourth Man runs 103 minutes.
