This is the best Hungarian thriller I've seen so far. The acting is overall great, especially the lead actor, who brilliantly portrays a single mother working against a corrupt system. The gastlighting in the movie is so apparent, even those who aren't well-versed in gender studies can see it. Also, the cinematography is on point showing how the world turned upside down. This movie is a dystopia, but it contains social critism as well.
X - The eXploited
2018
Crime / Thriller
X - The eXploited
2018
Crime / Thriller
Plot summary
Would you believe in a policewoman who suffers from such serious panic disorders that she is afraid to get close to any crime scene and has been on permanent office duty for more than a decade? Would you believe a lone mother who is unfit to pay her mortgage and also raise her rebellious teenage daughter? Indeed, no one believes that the troubled ex-detective has discovered a serial murder case. Personal dramas and a murder mystery unfold in present-day Budapest, where demonstrations are part of the pre-election life of a city still trying to cope with the shadows of its historical and recent past. It is a city where nothing seems honest and true, except through the eyes of an emotionally unstable policewoman and her misfit daughter who wants to know who her father truly was.
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Best Hungarian thriller so far
Thrilling
I have seen this movie at the Braunschweig Film Festival. A very exciting story about a series of suicides that turned out to be homicides, thanks to the attention of a member of the police, who uncovered a lot of unexplained details that made suicides rather unlikely. More over, the police woman has a lot of psychological problems which renders her unsuitable for the job. She cannot look at dead people and when being confronted with the potential killer she breaks down. These weaknesses are compensated with her bright mind and her determination in solving the murders even after they have apparently been solved. After the killer is booked and also committed suicide the cases have not been closed for her. She is so determined that she even risks the live of her daughter at the cost of solving the homicides. At the end, the world has literally turned upside down, the instigators of the homicides got booked but the killers themselve still live on, one of them very close to the police woman. A very chilling ending. The movie was excellent because it is a story that has never been told this way before.
Unique atmosphere
The movie has a very unique atmosphere with its constantly reflected city shots, the colors are also greatly reflect to the emotions that are happening. The acts are also great and totally believeable (however Zsófi Bujáki did some overacting at some points). The camera movements and the images are also greatly composed. The sound effects and the used music are also carefully selected, they were pretty impressive. The story had its strengths and weaknesses, but all in all, it is a great crime story, a great thriller.