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Bang Boom Bang (1999)

Bang Boom Bang poster
Original title
Bang Boom Bang - Ein todsicheres Ding
Directed by
Peter Thorwarth
Genre
action film, comedy film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
12
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 230 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of small-time criminals in a German industrial town get tangled in a messy chain of schemes and bad luck. Their plans for quick money keep falling apart with violent and ridiculous results.

fast-pacedchaoticirreverentgrittydarkly comicenergeticrough-edgedcynical

What happens

Bang Boom Bang – A Sure Thing (German: Bang Boom Bang – Ein todsicheres Ding) is a German comedy film from 1999. The movie is set in Unna, Westphalia. It was filmed in Unna as well as in Dortmund. Together with "If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer" (Was nicht passt, wird passend gemacht) in 2002 and "Goldene Zeiten" in 2006 the movie forms the "Unna-Trilogie" by director Peter Thorwarth, which was named after Unna, Thorwarth's hometown. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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