Short Fuse

Don't waste your time with this so-called movie! Prefer to go for a walk or to listen to a Cd, cause otherwise you'll end up swearing for the time lost watching this ''movie''! An absolute insult to greek and european cinema.

It has been a long time since worthwhile films have been exported from Greece. This one was filmed in 2016 at the start of a turn around in the an attempt by Greece's film industry to compete worldwide. This Well Go USA released Greek export is a thriller about a lawyer with an anger management problem, hence the title, who becomes the victim of a revenge plot against his family of lawyers. This plot doesn't merely involve the main character, Aris's death, but involves his punishment in a variety of tribulations. The film is fast paced and fun to watch. It is low budget film, for sure. The acting, script, and cinematography reflect that, but that is also part of the charm. This is a fun movie and, especially fun, if you are. Greek American looking for content out of Greece.

OK. The plot is far from original. The idea-plot-dialog-photography was inspired SO MUCH from Saw movies! Sometimes so much that the dialog sounded like it was original scripted in English and then translated (if you speak Greek you will sound funny dialog not used in Greece but if you are watching this with subs I guess it will be OK). Despite that, the scenario was interesting enough, there was action and fun and I think the creators accomplished their mission and made a fine movie (for a non Hollywood one) The characters was also very inserting except from the main one. The main actor was short of talent and ruined the most of the scenes with unrealistic speech (like radio commercial actor) and movement. Good movie. Liked it better than a lot Hollywood high budget bad movies!

An enjoyable movie, certainly not an absolute masterpiece, but a solid action thriller. It plays nice with the cliches of the genre and with references to other, iconic films of its kind.

The script has a few plot holes, but this is not uncommon at all in the genre in general.

The dialogues in Greek do feel someone unnatural at times, as if the writer was thinking in american-english and writing in Greek, but I guess that this does not concern the international audience.

The acting is solid, especially by the lead actor. Miltos, one of the villains, is sublime.

The violence and the practical effects look great.

The setting of an action-thriller in Greece is what makes this film unique.

I certainly hope to see more of that genre in Greek cinema, as it certainly needs variety.

Mediocre directing, bad acting, bad scenario. The scene outside the Duccess of Placentia's Villa was a nice treat. Recast, write a new story and you might have something.