Short Sharp Shock (1998)
Three friends take to the streets of Hamburg in this multicultural crime drama
7.5
Movie
Germany
German, Greek, Serbo-Croatian
Crime, Drama
1998
FATIH AKIN
Adam Bousdoukos, Aleksandar Jovanović, Fatih Akin
100 min
7.5
The Staff
TLDR
Bromance~
What it's about
After a stint in prison, Gabriel returns to the Altona neighborhood in Hamburg, and hopes to turn his back on crime. However, his friend Bobby and Costa hope to pull off one last heist before they go straight.
The take
If crime was so easy to turn away, no one would actually join in, in the first place. But sometimes, it’s your friends that loop you into the underground, into risky and dangerous situations that take you away from your families and lovers, even if you know better. Short Sharp Shock is centered around one such friendship between three immigrants, a Turk, a Serb, and a Greek, that depicts a portrait of a German multi-cultural neighborhood that hasn’t been widely seen before this film’s release. It feels very reminiscent of classic American gangster films, albeit with an eclectic mix of languages, sounds, and images, and writer-director Fatih Akin captures his home district with confidence and style.
What stands out
I know they’re European and the amount of kisses should be expected, but as someone out of the continent, this amount of affection between male friends is refreshing and should be encouraged.
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