Control

No bad.. There is a kind of relationship with Besson's "Metro" and Monory's "Meteo", but otherwise "Kontroll" is absolutely original. Sometimes to much the "lyre", but i think the "Kontroll" can be a new hungarian cult-movie.

Weird, whacky, amusing, unsettling with a thumpingly good soundtrack, Kontroll is a funky cult-style adventure in the Budapest subway system, the scarily unbalanced but mostly good-hearted (and fictitious) ticket inspectors, their adversaries, games of dare, the weirdos that play games of evasion, a gorgeous woman dressed in a teddy bear suit and so many other out-there and unpredictable aspects that you never know whether a seen will make you laugh or jump. Not for the very squeamish. The movie is perhaps slightly longer than it needs to be, but the aesthetic ending more than makes up for the sometimes dissipated storyline. The ingenious lighting and costumes, and the sheer audacity of the script and execution shriek of great things to come from this director.

The movie is a cinematic triumph! Don't need to say much, very good acting with amazing and very rare atmosphere. Solid story and amazing soundtrack! The perfect example that you don't need a big budget or the fancy actors to make a very good movie! A absolutely must see! Kontroll!

Please make more movies like this !

It was such a wild ride! Set mostly in the Budapest subway system, it follows the story of a rather quirky ticket inspector named Bulcsú, who ends up stuck in a dark, chaotic world where nothing seems to make sense. The vibe is super atmospheric-think gritty and edgy, with a blend of dark humor and surreal moments. The characters you meet along the way are odd, but in a way that feels very real. Plus, the way the film plays with the concept of control (get it?) is really interesting, as Bulcsú battles both personal demons and those pesky train fare dodgers. The cinematography is captivating, too! You really feel the underground's pulse, and there are some incredible shots that showcase the city. It's definitely not your typical movie-it's a bit offbeat and can be dark at times, but it's so engaging that I found myself hooked from start to finish. If you're looking for something different and a little mind-bending, Kontroll is definitely worth checking out!

"Kontroll" gives me new hope that Hungarian filmmakers are finally capable to make pictures that appeal to audiences at home, movie critics (and probably also foreign audiences) alike. An excellent, though a bit weird mixture of satirical comedy, mystical drama and thriller. The metro stations become a world of their own, the neon lights create a new reality.

While in the beginning the film focuses on a whole group of ticket controllers and we expect a satirical comedy about their lives, in the second half the storyline concentrates on the terrifying experiences of Bulcsú, a man with a mysterious past. He used to be an artist or in some other kind of creative business not specified further, but left this life for unknown reasons and started to live in the metro. It also becomes clear that for some reason he is not able to leave the metro system until the end - when he overcomes the dark forces (that probably have also been lurking inside him). Everything about this story is deeply irrational (except for the satirical elements that are in some ways very close to reality :-)), this is just a terrible world, where love means the only hope (I was a bit reminded of Terry Gilliam's "Brazil").

An excellent movie that I would also strongly recommend to foreign viewers. I don't know if this will ever come to other countries, but I would very much like it to be so. So that Hungary could be put back on the landscape of international moviemaking.

P.s.: The Budapest multiplex I saw this in was absolutely packed with people. I was astonished what a great success "Kontroll" has become in Hungary, because I think that most people in the audience there have probably never seen anything that could only remotely be called arthouse - and "Kontroll" wasn't exactly an easy popcorn movie....