Kontroll
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Movie Reviews of Kontroll
Movie Review: Excellent and Unique
Summary: 5 Stars
This film has hillarious characters but I would not classify it as a comedy. This piece kind of exists on its own plane. It has an "in your face" feel of the characters (reminicent of "Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels") but they are in some fantasy underground subway world.
Kontroll follows a group of ticket collectors who seems to spend no time above ground. Especially the main character, who sleeps in the terminal and doesn't look to have seen sunlight in too long a time. The whole theme of being underground is very metaphorical. Many characters are symbolic in ways too.
It is quite a dreampiece, but not too fantastic. We go odd places and meet the denizens of the underground. Some people are kind, others you wouldn't want to be alone with. Especially one mysterious character who stalks the underground and shoves people down to the tracks and to their deaths.
Kontroll has an interesting pace to it. It's fast, but not too fast. It moves like a subway would. Quickly, then a short stop, then moving on again.
I really felt a warmth towards this film. It is oddly touching at times, hillarious at others. All the characters are well thought out and well acted. It is well balanced, complete and left me feeling positive.
Movie Review: Do you know who I am? I'm the the Controll!
Summary: 5 Stars
"Kontroll" follows the story of a rag-tag group of controllers who's job is to stalk the vast Budapest subway system and ensure that no passengers are rideing for free. The leader of this group is Bulcsu', a man who's anxiety of compition for his contracting job has lead him underground. Where he stays 24/7, never ventureing above ground. The film does an excellent job of depicting the controllers interactions with the subway riders. The controllers meet everyone from the needle wielding madman to a girl in a teddybear costume, who Bulcsu stikes up an endearing romance. The funniest parts of the film are when the controllers encounter "Bootsey", a young punk who gets his kicks by tormenting Bulcsu's gang. This leads to some of the best "On foot" chase scenes I've seen. The main plot of the film is when the Controllers discover that a mysterious hooded figure is pushing people infront of trains. When Bulcsu is suspected of comiting these murders, he decides to go on a hunt for the hooded one to prove his innocence. or is it a hunt for self discovery? This is truely a great movie and one of my personal favorites. It has wonderful cinamatography, colorful characters and an amazing soundtrack. enjoyMovie Review: Enjoy!
Summary: 5 Stars
First of all, this film is extremely beautiful and has incredible music. Against this background, teams of 5 ticket inspectors roam a fictionalised Budapest subway. Our hero, Bulscu, is teamed with a narcoleptic, Tibor the new guy, a talkative guy, and a guy in a sweater (some of the characters don't seem to have names). Bulscu has run away from his white collar past & now is running away from his current life, sleeping in the subway instead of his apartment. He's worried about competition (the subtitling has to choose important information to go wonky during) but still won't back down from challenges from his fellow inspectors.
Meanwhile, a hooded man in black is pushing people under trains. Bulscu is accused of being him and must fight him in the last 6 minutes of the film, which nevertheless contain a satisfying battle. This is a very strange film, and I haven't figured all of it out, but it is very beautiful and not at all boring. There's lots of comedy in it.
Enjoy.
Movie Review: Superior Film, Mediocre DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
Kontroll is simply fantastic, as you can already tell from the other reviews; I'm just writing to warn that *this* DVD has absolutely no special features.
The Hungarian version has two discs, anamorphic transfer (lacking in the version offered here), and plenty of special features (including deleted scenes, short behind-the-scenes feature, and two entire short films by director Nimrod Antal).
Don't worry about the fact that it's the Hungarian version, the film still offers subtitles in a few languages including, naturally, English. Also, virtually all of the extras have English subtitles.
I don't know why that edition is not easily available in the States, and I haven't found any good seller of the 2-disc version yet, so if you don't care about special features, the one-disc U.S. version is fine. =) Hopefully Amazon.com will pick up an Americanized 2-disc set eventually.
Movie Review: Out of Control!
Summary: 5 Stars
'Kontroll', the debut feature from Hungarian writer/director Nimrod Antal, is probably unlike any movie you've seen before. The story of a hapless band of ticket inspectors on the Budapest subway plays like a cross between a love story, an engaging comedy and something by Stephen King. It's evident 'do-it-yourself' qualities are the key to its visual inventiveness and it eminently deserves the accolades that have been heaped upon it on the film festival circuit.This package provides a crisp transfer although there are a few imperfections on the soundtrack. The minimal extras(i.e. none) are disappointing as Antal is an interesting interview subject, and the circumstances of the film's production well-worth hearing about.
All-in-all, however, this is a must have!