Whisky Bandit

The Whiskey Robber tells the story of a cultic bank robber in the '90s of Eastern Europe. It sounds a bit boring? Well, sometimes so is the movie - but luckily you can always find joy in the details. One can only praise the work of Nimród Antal and his crew, they did an exceptional job with turning around a plot that would otherwise settle down outside the action scenes. Superb sounds and music, great cinematography, costumes and locations providing more insight to the story than the conversations. Basically this movie could be about anything - a milkman or an insurance broker - it would still be interesting.

Suprisingly good, i tought to myself.. is this really a hungarian movie? Well made well acted.. Story is good, music is also top, can you ask for more? No, i think it was a top 10..

Nice hungarian movie with. More attention to details...: the Opel Astra Police car 441BIT witch is crashed during the pursuit, reapear at the end of the movie when Whisky Man is arrested :))

Quality made Hungarian heist movie from director Nimrod Antal, who has made many other decent action movies before. This is not a masterpiece, but certainly quite a lot better than other run of the mill heist movies out there. Dont shy away by the fact that it is a Hungarian picture, this heist flick can stand the comparison with any great American heist movie. Honestly.

It's an underdog story, based on true events, about a Hungarian kid without any money or a job, who starts robbing his first bank out of sheer need for money. His first heist goes smoother then expected and he gets the hang of it. His many succesfull robberies become a national Hungarian media spectacle and he sort of becomes a Robin Hood. It's even more fun to watch, since this all has actually happened for real.

The photography, editing and soundtrack are all of high quality. I mention these technical details because many action movies just dont get the filming of action scenes right. This one fortunately does though, resulting in really suspenseful, action packed chase scenes. With good acting to top it of. Like I said it is certainly not a masterpiece, but it is really an enjoyable underdog heistmovie, which deserves more attention from the true heist movie fan, because it has all the ingredients I could wish for in a good heist movie.

I was truly surprised with the movie. I read the book first, and loved it, so when I saw there is a movie based on it, my first thought was "No way it can be good, simply because so many things happen that there is no chance they put all that on the screens, and if they omit something, then it's not gonna be good". Turned out I was wrong. Yes, in comparison with the book, the movie is simplified, some events and characters are omitted, but still it was a beautiful watch. I enjoyed from the beginning till the end, almost unblinking.