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Kontroll
2003
The underground in Hungary has never looked so crazy. Follow a group of ticket inspectors as they make sure everyone pays their fair. Read more
| Starring | Sandor Csanyi, Zoltan Mucsi, Csaba Pindroch, Sandor Badar |
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| Director | Nimród Antal |
| Genres | Drama |
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Kontroll
The underground in Hungary has never looked so crazy. Follow a group of ticket inspectors as they make sure everyone pays their fair.
| Starring | Sandor Csanyi, Zoltan Mucsi, Csaba Pindroch, Sandor Badar, Zsolt Nagy, Bence Matyasi |
|---|---|
| Director | Nimród Antal |
| Studio | DRAKES AVENUE PICTURES |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 46 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: Hungarian |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 18 Apr 2005 Production year: 2003 |
| Format | DVD |
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Nimrod Antal's directorial debut is both a simmering study of despised outcasts and an understated murder mystery that makes atmospheric use of its Budapest metro setting. It recalls the otherworld milieu of Subway, but replaces its cinéma du look visuals with some post-Communist grunge. As the leader of a crew of apathetic ticket inspectors, Sandor Csanyi is impressively intense, contemplating unexplained anxieties that are only relieved by his crush on kooky train driver's daughter Eszter Balla. A more sinister element is provided by the presence of a shadowy figure who is pushing passengers under trains. However, Antal wisely lightens the mood with some bleakly comic (if occasionally abrasive) encounters with fare-dodging passengers that allow the supporting cast to shine.
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Anyone for a movie shot entirely in the bowels of Budapests underground train system? Dont be put off by the... read more on Time Out
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19 out of 19 people found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
The best film I have rented all year...
...and I've rented well over a hundred this year so far. Absolutely brilliant from start to finish. That this was not nominated for, let alone won, the foreign language Oscar this year beggars belief. What a brilliant piece of film.
It has something for everyone: suspense, romance, action, drama, top soundtrack, brilliant stunts, hilarious comedy. Shot entirely on the Budapest underground system, this film certainly doesn't endear one to Hungarian public transport so it is no surprise that the film starts with a legal statement read out that this is a work of fiction and that the characters are not representative of the ticket inspectors. Thank god for that.
It start off a little gruesome (a couple of people pushed under trains, although we don't get to see it close-up) but don't let that put you off. It turns into a beautiful romance. But with outstanding stunts (no SFX used in the 'railrun' - that really was carried out!) and sublime cinematography. You really get into the characters, especially the instantly likeable hero Bulcs?. It's a strange film but it works because it has something for everyone. I was in stitches laughing during some scenes, and repelled by a couple of violent scenes, and tearful in others, and joyous at other times (it's a feelgood and inspirational movie, I believe).
All to Neo's pounding soundtrack which is absolutely brilliant (think Run Lola Run but make it a little more Progressive and intelligent). As long as all members of your family are mature enough to deal with two nasty scenes (one person pushed under a train, one involving a throat being cut) then I can say this is one of the best family films you will see this year. I'm off now to email all my friends and family to recommend this beauty to them. 5 out of 5 stars, I'd give it 6 if I could. -
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19 out of 19 people found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
The best film I have rented all year...
...and I've rented well over a hundred this year so far. Absolutely brilliant from start to finish. That this was not nominated for, let alone won, the foreign language Oscar this year beggars belief. What a brilliant piece of film.
It has something for everyone: suspense, romance, action, drama, top soundtrack, brilliant stunts, hilarious comedy. Shot entirely on the Budapest underground system, this film certainly doesn't endear one to Hungarian public transport so it is no surprise that the film starts with a legal statement read out that this is a work of fiction and that the characters are not representative of the ticket inspectors. Thank god for that.
It start off a little gruesome (a couple of people pushed under trains, although we don't get to see it close-up) but don't let that put you off. It turns into a beautiful romance. But with outstanding stunts (no SFX used in the 'railrun' - that really was carried out!) and sublime cinematography. You really get into the characters, especially the instantly likeable hero Bulcs?. It's a strange film but it works because it has something for everyone. I was in stitches laughing during some scenes, and repelled by a couple of violent scenes, and tearful in others, and joyous at other times (it's a feelgood and inspirational movie, I believe).
All to Neo's pounding soundtrack which is absolutely brilliant (think Run Lola Run but make it a little more Progressive and intelligent). As long as all members of your family are mature enough to deal with two nasty scenes (one person pushed under a train, one involving a throat being cut) then I can say this is one of the best family films you will see this year. I'm off now to email all my friends and family to recommend this beauty to them. 5 out of 5 stars, I'd give it 6 if I could. -
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- 11 Jun 2007
Coming on the heels of Paradise Lost and The Hitcher, (and before them, Hostel), this is yet another American film that cautions us not to leave the straight and narrow. In this case: the highway. David (Luke Wilson) thinks he's on a short cut. But it's late, he doesn't know the country, and he gets turned around after braking to avoid an animal in the road. Worse, the car starts making strange noises. Amy (Kate Beckinsale) is unimpressed. In fact, it soon becomes obvious she can barely... Read more
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