At a gas station in the middle of nowhere, a young man arrives to meet his father he hasn't seen for 30 years. On the same day, a van with four prostitutes breaks down at the very same gas station, on the way to Switzerland. The three days they spend together in the station change their lives forever.
Primal, Kút, Кладенец, Studnia, Salvaje, Selvagem, Sauvage, Selvaggio, 더 로우
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Strangely mislabeled on Amazon Prime as a horror flick with the alternate title Primal and a synopsis that sounds like either rape revenge or survival horror. It’s neither unfortunately, but it is set at a remote gas station that looks straight out of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Great stuff. Expected a dumb B-flick full of clichés. Got a beautifully shot film instead with unique characters and an entertaining story. Don’t read the synopsis or watch the trailer. Life’s a bitch and then you die. Live a little.
It’s titled “Primal” on Amazon Prime for some reason. The English dub is also pretty bad. Switch to the original audio.
Crime Drama / Thriller from Attila Gigor. Set over the course of a few days at a petrol station in rural Hungary. Alcoholic ‘István’ runs a small petrol station with his friend ‘Zoli’ on a motorway. István’s estranged and troubled son ‘Laci’ arrives. Laci is looking for an opportunity to go straight and to connect with his father. A van arrives containing a group of prostitutes and their aggressive handlers - who are acquaintances of István. The van breaks down, which scuppers the group’s plans to travel to Switzerland, forcing them to stay overnight at the station. Personal doubts and questions of ownership are raised and tensions escalate - leading to murder. A dark, unnerving and generally well written slow…
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Personagens mal construídos, enredo capenga e uma história paralela desnecessária, mais uma vez um filme húngaro com uma avaliação estranhamente positiva.
Há apenas uma cena acima da média, a cena do tiroteio foi muito bem feita, todo o desenvolvimento, as reações e desfecho destoam de toda a pasmaceira e lentidão do roteiro.
Ou os húngaros tem um péssimo gosto para o cinema ou eles estão sacaneando o algoritmo.
Who would have thought a film set entirely at a gas station could be this engaging? This was absolutely brilliantly done! Wow, it was portrayed so well how quickly a normal situation can turn for the worse. Roland Tzafetas is excellent as Zoli, who tells the story of a dog, as a back story. His story spans the entire film and was just as interesting as the premise itself. Things suddenly and quickly go sour, with great acting and effects, and rather suspenseful at that.
Joder que descubrimiento tan bueno. La historia del perro mola mucho.
O doguinho 🤩 que posto louco é esse? kkkkkk
A single location slow burn done so so well. Beautiful visuals, interesting characters, and a story that delivers a brilliant payoff which also somehow manages to portray the feeling of hopelessness through violence and comedy.
I don't know how my GF does it but she sails the endless sea of shit that's Amazon Prime's bottom of the barrell... and finds the biggest hungarian turd of a movie possible.
Also, WHY THE FUCK WAS THIS UNDER HORROR??!!!
Un film húngaro parecido su localización al viejo Texas de américa solo que húngaro un film que en su final fue filmada con una película al estilo de Tarantino y bueno que película tan lenta y aburrida por ratos largos que no llegan a ningún lado la premisa resulta ser entretenida con su fotografía pero todo lo que pasa es que no se dirige a ningún lado y para lo que se cocine después no vale tanto la pena solo por las escenas de acción finales esperaba más para tanto misterio la sinopsis es una mierda total pero al menos sale del forma cliché creí que sería una película de secuestros y violaciones simplemente sucede algo que no debería suceder…
Like an eastern European copy of a designer dress, it's a fitting tribute that looks good yet feels a little loose.
This Hungarian film about a group of sex workers stuck in a desert gas station looks like a tribute to Tarantino's Hateful Eight but doesn't read like it.
Creo que pudo ser mejor, tiene diálogos que la vuelven aburrida y tediosa. La sipnosis y el trailer parecen venderte otra cosa, algo diferente a lo que termina siendo.
