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Kontroll Reviews

2003

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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
Director	Nimrod Antal
Genres	Drama

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- Anyone for a movie shot entirely in the bowels of Budapestâs underground train system? Donât be put off by the... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:18
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  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 ... read more »
  
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  - TristanWhite
  - 307 reviews
  - London, UK
  - 17 Jun 2005 at 12:17
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  BUDAPEST METRO GUARDS - Pale but interesting
  
  The film “Kontroll “, set exclusively in the Budapest metro’s underground system, is a strikingly dark look at the notorious metro guards and ... read more »
  
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- - ARimbaud
  - 6 reviews
  - 25 Jan 2012 at 15:15
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  Down in the tube station at midnight
  
  Bulcsu runs a motley crew of ticket inspectors on the Budapest Metro, where their subterranean life is enlivened by bitter rivalries with the other crews, ... read more »
  
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- - Oldbloke
  - 238 reviews
  - Sidmouth
  - 16 Dec 2011 at 14:26
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  A Microcosm
  
  A disclaimer delivered direct to camera at the beginning warns us not to confuse the Budapest underground railway system and its staff with what we see in the ... read more »
  
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  - FrankIV
  - 423 reviews
  - Cirencester, England
  - 15 Nov 2011 at 10:57
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  Unsure quite what to think...
  
  In general, I found this film enjoyable. My father is Hungarian, and I love listening to the language even though I don't speak it myself, so that helped. ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Aberdeen
  - 04 Dec 2010 at 10:01
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  kontroll (needs to be 6 or more characters)!!
  
  wasn't sure to begin with, then got into it. very atmospheric; dark, moody with unnanswered questions... watched it twice, but admit i fell asleep on & ... read more »
  
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  - birmingham
  - 03 Dec 2010 at 23:48
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  Underground Kinema
  
  A strange story of a ragtag bunch of ticket inspectors, this is mostly an entertaining piece of film, although at times it gets more weird/clever (take your ... read more »
  
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- - Smudgy
  - 58 reviews
  - London
  - 10 May 2010 at 10:00
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  down, down in the underground
  
  Wow. Not sure how to describe this movie, but it certainly is nothing like I've seen before.Brilliant.The characters and the story are quite something to ... read more »
  
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- - Templarforthemasses
  - 4 reviews
  - Wood Green
  - 20 Apr 2010 at 10:13
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  Atmospheric
  
  A good observation of life on the Hungarian underground, populated by various passengers and ne'er do wells. The ticket inspectors are well played and ... read more »
  
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- - Dungbeetle
  - 503 reviews
  - London
  - 27 Feb 2010 at 18:03
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  Worth Watching
  
  I liked this film because of the characters and the surrealism; but the plot and storyline are not very strong
  
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- - NotASnob
  - 2 reviews
  - Bolton
  - 23 Feb 2010 at 11:37
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  Fun oddity
  
  It's very easy to get excitied about how cosmopolitan you are to enjoy a hungarian movie set in the metro. To be the only one amongst your circle who has ... read more »
  
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- - nutcase
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  - Windermere
  - 08 Feb 2010 at 19:52
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  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 ... read more »
  
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  - TristanWhite
  - 307 reviews
  - London, UK
  - 17 Jun 2005 at 12:17
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  Memories black and white (and red)
  
  This is a film which has it strength in style, rather than content. Set entirely in the underground, neon lights give harsh white light and brooding black ... read more »
  
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- - PeterSays
  - 105 reviews
  - Romsey
  - 27 Apr 2007 at 07:42
- - 4
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  Hungarian version of Subway
  
  This is too simplistic a title, but it is a starting point. Subway and Kontroll are completely different films, but there are some superficial resemblances. ... read more »
  
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- - JG Weston
  - Chelmsford, Essex
  - 10 Jul 2005 at 14:50
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  Underground following
  
  I only saw this film after I watched the stylish trailer on the internet, and I'm thoroughly glad I did. It's inventive, fun, original, heavily ... read more »
  
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- - Santa
  - Herts
  - 16 May 2006 at 14:24
- - 3
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  likeable
  
  The story is said to be about the lives of the ticket collectors on the Budapest underground, but that’s really the background story. There’s really ... read more »
  
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- - chungking
  - 101 reviews
  - London
  - 29 Nov 2005 at 15:26
- - 2
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  So many moments...
  
  Met the most beautiful hungarian women, she knew of my love of film and made me watch kontroll, i feel in love even deeper
  
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  - EXETER
  - 05 May 2008 at 01:44
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  Excellent!
  
  This is such a good film, it's funny, well shot, really quite scary in some places, and has a great cast. Just get it and see!
  
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- - Mothgirl
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  - MK
  - 30 May 2008 at 17:15
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  BRILLIANT
  
  I really enjoyed this film for the sheer ordinariness of the environment in which it takes place i.e. the Budapest Metro System. There is just something about ... read more »
  
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- - barbara
  - Leeds
  - 31 Jan 2006 at 16:04
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  Fantastic!
  
  This film shows how Europe can do action films so much better than Hollywood - as stylish as anything from across the pond, but more layered, more depth, better... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Bristol, UK
  - 02 Feb 2006 at 10:27
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  Going underground...
  
  Really enjoyed this when I saw it in the cinema and liked it just as much second time round on DVD. A fantasy about life in the Budapest underground system with... read more »
  
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- - annamorphic
  - 8 reviews
  - Wales, UK
  - 05 Feb 2006 at 10:19

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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:18

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