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Kontroll (2003)
hidden gem
The best way to describe this movie is "hidden gem". Hidden because I would never find it without the help of the Internet community, gem because it really stands out in the mass of blockbusters that are played in most cinemas.
A majestic escalator continuously feeds fresh lifeblood into the complex system of arteries which extricates throughout Budapest. Millions of cells move inside the dark atmosphere of this surreal world, while ignoring each other, in a sort of trance.
The unpleasant duty of a "Kontroll" is to wake up commuters from their trance for a few seconds, just the time to see their tickets.
Most commuters don't like Kontrolls, commuters don't belong to the underground world and they don't want to interact with it: their minds are set to reject contact with anybody until they reach their destination.
Kontrolls don't like kontrolls as well: in the underground jungle, the strongest rules over the others and everybody has to fight to survive.
Is there hope for this world? Is it really any different from the world above?
The protagonist runs and runs in a desperate search for the answers. He feels forever lost in a permanent dormant state where reality and fantasy are difficult to separate.
The love for a girl, a child of the tube just like him, is his only chance to be rescued from his misery.
Fast Track: No Limits (2008)
A very good parody
If it were a parody of Fast & furious it would be a really good movie. Tragically the director of this B-movie was serious about it. During the movie we assist to many ... "stunts", some of them are done with cars, others are done with the plot. A friend of 'pizza boy' loses a race and as a result the opponent cuts his hand: 'pizza boy' arrives and incidentally he has got a box of ice with a bottle of champagne in the back of his car. Obviously it's normal for any German pizza boy to drive around the city always with a bottle of chilled champagne. And it's indeed a good idea, because if you happen to meet somebody who just lost a hand, you can always throw away the champagne and put the hand inside ice, while you reach the nearest hospital. And that's exactly what 'pizza boy' does. Another good laugh is courtesy of the scene when some thieves are arrested: a policeman throws a bottle of his pee in the air and shoot it. Caught by surprise, all these bad ass criminals stop and stand still in horror, totally defeated. And they get arrested. I cannot believe that other users commented that the plot is poor, but technically the movie is well done. I'd rather say that the plot well suits the technical level of the movie. Even a casual spectator would notice the amateurish quality of this movie: take for example the scene when pizza boy and girl enter the abandoned hangar at the airport. She opens a regular door! Only a few scenes before, the mechanic from the garage had gladly announced that a brand new pair of vertical doors have been installed in the car because they look such cool. Where are they now?