Bank robber Kalle Grabowski escapes from prison while his unemployed smalltime crook buddy is sitting around doing nothing after he just lost all their money. A fast paced comedy from German director Peter Thorwarth.
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"Bang Boom Bang - Ein todsicheres Ding" is a German film from over 15 years ago that runs for 110 minutes and was written and directed by Peter Thorwarth. He was still pretty young at this point and considered one of Germany's rising stars in terms of filmmaking. However, he has not really delivered great work since then and I actually have to say I am not too impressed by his early efforts either. And this includes this one. Maybe you wonder what "klamauk" means, the word I used in the title to describe this movie. If you do not speak German, you probably have never heard of it. It basically stands for something that is loud and annoying while offering nothing of value. And this fits the film pretty nicely.Most of this is due to the script, but it also needs to be said that the cast here is very limited in terms of range. All the people here who have several minutes screen time are actors that have a career because of their charisma and recognition value, but none of these are particularly talented besides that. Korittke is probably still better than most of the others, even if I have to say I am positively surprised by Martin Semmelrogge who was hardly recognizable in here and played a clearly different character than he usually does. Thorwarth himself also appears as an actor, but is as forgettable as Richter, Neldel, Knüfken and Kahrmann. Til Schweiger has a very small part too. And this is the last work of Diether Krebs, a very talented German actor. Sucks to see him go out on a low note like this movie.So my overall verdict for this film is obviously negative. It has a couple okay moments, but in the end, it simply does not deliver in terms of drama or comedy despite trying really hard on several occasions. People who see this and not much else probably have not the highest opinion of German cinema as this film is far more popular than it deserves to be. The awards recognition is undeserved and the rating here on IMDb is far too high. I give a thumbs down and do not recommend watching it.
this is definitely the best German comedy movie ever. i cant't get tired of watching it over and over again. i hope there is/ will be an English version of this movie some time so that everyone can enjoy this masterpiece of comedy.some people say Germans can't make good comedy movies. this one proofs them wrong. oliver korittke plays his role of the pot smoking, always chilling, constantly video-watching "Keek" so gorgeous that it seems to be impossible not to like him.if there is no English version of this film available, learn German - it's worth it!
I expected a funny movie about some loosers, like "Die Musterknaben" but the potential of the story and the actors made it to one of my favourite films. By reading the comments I really missed one name the master of new german film himself Oliver Korritke. Und jetzt noch auf deutsch: der film schlägt "knocking on heaven´s door" um längen, und von der filmischen qualität (story, acting), völlig gleichauf mit "Lola rennt", wobei die Musik (h-blockx)auch nicht vergessen werden darf. der deutsche film lebt!
A small but very curious and funny movie about some losers in Germany, especially in the "Ruhrgebiet" (Dormund, Unna). The main protagonist, Keek, is all the time stoned and his violent ex-buddy, who gets out of prison, wants the half of the loot of a bank-robbery. But Keek hasn't the money anymore. But this is not his only problem...All actors give their best, but Martin Semmelrogge, who is known from Wolfgang Petersens "Das Boot", is really great. Til Schweiger has a short but strange appearance as a soccerplayer.