Üvegtigris 2 (2006)

Director:

Péter Rudolf

Writers:

Gábor Olivér Buss (writer)
Péter Rudolf (writer)

Release Date:

19 January 2006 (Hungary)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

In the sequel to the surprise hit Üvegtigris (2001), we witness the 6 losers again as they run amok around the roadside buffet...

Plot Keywords:

Businessman | Wedding | Crew

Cast

Péter Rudolf	...	Lali
Gábor Reviczky	...	Gaben
Imre Csuja	...	Csoki
Sándor Gáspár	...	Róka
József Szarvas	...	Cingár
Lajos Ottó Horváth	...	Sanyi
Árpád Besenczi	...	Rezsõ - rendõr
Roland Selmeczi	...	Bajusz - rendõr
Gyula Bodrogi	...	Apa
Juli Básti	...	Joli
Tibor Szilágyi	...	Oszi
Karina Kecskés	...	Betti
Károly Gesztesi	...	Feri
Nóra Parti	...	Gitta
Éva Kerekes	...	Mari

Country:

Hungary

Language:

Hungarian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Filming Locations:

Hungary

Company:

Filmpartners

Trivia:

Two weeks before its theatrical release a stolen working copy of the movie was available for illegal download on the Internet. This version of the film was 20 minutes longer than the theatrical version, without any titles and soundtrack. An investigation was started and is going ever since to find the person responsible for the stealing.

Movie Connections:

References Easy Rider (1969)

Pointless and disturbing

First of all, I have to admit, I'm not a fan of the first movie, and I never understood, what was so great about it. The first "Üvegtigris" was an OK movie with decent acting and at times great, but mostly average dialogue. Nothing special. So, I wasn't eagerly waiting for this sequel, and I didn't expect much. But what I've seen was worse than anything I could've imagined...

Amongst the basic rules of movie-making, there is a statement: a movie has to have plot. Only a few filmmakers are allowed to create a movie without it, for example David Lynch (Eraserhead), but in case of a crowd-pleaser comedy, it's essential. And this movie had absolutely no plot.

I think when the creators of this mess realized this, and started to write the dialogue, their method was: "Hey, guys, I have a great idea! Let's throw in about a million swearwords, and the audience will never ever realize, that our movie has no plot whatsoever!"... And the others definitely vividly and praisingly replied: "You're such a ****ing genius, man!" Well, let's face it: the movie is not much more than a collection of random scenes, in which a bunch of bumbling idiots saying various cusswords every once in a while. I think the crew watched the movie "Pulp Fiction", and they thought: "Hey, I can do that too!". But saying "f*ck" a bazillion times doesn't make a good movie. In Tarantino's masterpiece, every swearing was backed up by the events. In this movie, there are no events to begin with, and the cussing is therefore disturbing and even disgusting in some cases.

When this movie was released, there were raising arguments about movie downloading and copyright problems in Hungary. But it's just so STUPID to think that the audience didn't want to see this in the theaters, because they downloaded it. I have a newsflash for those people who say this: THIS MOVIE IS BAD. Don't you dare blaming the computer users for this! This is clearly the filmmakers' fault. It's ludicrous to say, that it has anything to do with downloading. Make a decent movie first, throw stones at downloaders later...

To wrap up the comment: this movie lacked everything what makes a movie a movie. It was slightly enjoyable at times, and the film brilliantly sums up, what's wrong with hungarian film-making nowadays. I say, avoid it.

2/10