Kút

A gas station in the middle of nowhere, Hungarian puszta, Australian outback, American prairie.

Sleepy and nothing much happens till a broke down camper arrives with fleeing prostitutes on their way to the West.

All so lazy until the bad men arrive and then it becomes escalating mayhem ...

Indeed the violence escalates to Tarantino levels, but always with a deft touch of comedy.

It was a really enjoyable experience, with good cinematography and direction.

Was it derivative, of course. Remenicent of early John Carpenter movies.

Watched at the time in smallest movie house in Budapest, but I bought it this Summer on DVD and will re-watch soon !

I liked the characters, the slow storytelling. If you want to see a fast pacing action movie it is not your title but it has some western like crime/drama tone I enjoyed till the end.

I rated it to nine which is unrealistic but I really enjoyed this movie more than other 7ish or some 8ish movies. This can be because I am hungarian too, but I still think it is worth to watch.

This is not a bad movie at all. No one is actually a hero while many of the characters are... Let's say... They may have some personality flaws or they are very unconventional and polemic to say the least. When it comes down to horror, I believe things should be a little dark and unsettling. Plus, I did not begin to watch this to see a hero or some tough teenage girl saving the day. Although we know girls tend to save the day in the horror genre. But getting back to the movie, there are some side stories that sometimes made me feel a little tired. The point I should highlight, or better, confess, is that I saw myself laughing once or twice here. Maybe it is the booze, maybe is dementia or even the lust.

If you don't have the budget of Hollywood movies, but you have a good idea how to make a true film, odds are on your side, as the story, script, acting, and alike which you can't buy with money (in a broad sense) are always more important, than the overpowering visual effects, and the faces of the current movie stars. Kút (Well) has to offer much: decent story, which keeps some suspense all the way to the end and shackles you to your chair; fair and good acting. You'll try to anticipate the events and think with the characters' head, altough most things will probably take a different route. Contains some nasty visual things, some of which I didn't liked, or I would have changed, altough nothing on the scale of gib/gore movies have, I think it's managable for nearly everyone. It'll be a good experience, if you decide to give it a watch, I recommend it.

(In Denmark with English subtitles)

I saw this movie as "Primal" and not as "Well" with a mother dropping off her son to a remote gas station in the middle of a desert. We find out later that the teenage young man, Laci (Péter Jankovics) happens to be the son the father, István (Zsolt Kovács) has not seen in over 30 years and he also happens to be the owner of the gas station. István does not run the station himself, he also has a handicap., Zoli (Roland Tzafetás) who keeps him company at the same time. And it was during this time, just as both the father and the son become more acquainted a van stops by. And in that van are 2 handlers escorting 4 different women on their way to Switzerland. And the person who appear to be in charge of this group his name is Zsolti/ Zsolt (Csaba Horváth) who's waiting for a package István claims have not yet arrived despite his phone says otherwise. Motivating Zsolt to continue to hang around with that time Laci making a connection with one of the 4 escorts, Marcsi (Niké Kurta) leading to unpredictable results.