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'Kontroll' takes you on a riveting ride
by John DeFore

The new Hungarian film "Kontroll" begins with a statement from a (presumably) real official of the Budapest subway system. The nervous speaker assures us that, while filmmaker Nimrod Antal was allowed to shoot in the city's ancient train tunnels, we should not take his film to depict the system's actual workings. What a relief for Budapest-bound tourists! The metro depicted here is more Underworld than Underground, a fluorescent grime-zone stalked by gangs of barely civilized "kontrollers" who, amazingly, are what passes for law down here. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
In the labyrinth Budapest subway system, a young man, a mysterious lady and one particularly nasty killer must conduct a race against time, trains and destiny in their frantic pursuit of one another.

FILM FACTS ...

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'Kontroll'

Director: Nimrod Antal
Starring: Sandor Csanyi, Zoltan Mucsi, Csaba Pindroch, Eszter Balla, Sandor Badar
Run time: 106 minutes
Release date: April 1, 2005
Rating: R for language, some violence and brief sexuality.

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Austin American-Statesman: 3 of 5 stars
"...packs more kicks than you'd expect of a low-budget film from Eastern Europe; chases that weave through rush-hour crowds or plunge onto active train tracks get the blood rushing."