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Short Sharp Shock (1998)

October 15, 19981h 40mDE
6.7

91 votes

Overview

Gabriel, Bobby and Costa are old friends from Altona, a multicultural hood in Hamburg. Just out of prison, Gabriel wants to turn his back on crime, but the others continue to operate as petty criminals. Friendships are tested as the trio navigate a dark world of mafia bosses and deals gone wrong.

Director

Fatih Akin

Where to Watch

Streaming availability for India

Stream

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Status

Released

Original Language

Serbo-Croatian

Budget

$500K

Revenue

N/A

Production Companies

ZDFWüste Film

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

7.0

“Gabriel” (Mehmet Kurtulus) has an history of petty larcenies with his pals “Bobby” (Aleksandar Jovanovic) and “Costa” (Adam Bousdoukos) but on his release from prison, he decides that there has to be more to life and that he wants to go and run a boat chartering business. Of course they think he’s jesting and when “Bobby” goes and gets himself involved with some seriously menacing Albanians that risks just about everyone, “Gabriel” has to rethink his plans. For my money, it’s the rudderless wastrel “Costa” who serves as the pivot of the plot here, but all three male characters work really qui…

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