Short Sharp Shock (1998)

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Country: Germany
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1998-10-15
Director: Fatih Akin
Writers: Fatih Akin
Language: German | Greek | Serbo-Croatian | Turkish
Stars: Mehmet Kurtulus (I) , Aleksandar Jovanovic , Adam Bousdoukos , Regula Grauwiller , Idil Üner , Ralph Herforth , Oscar Ortega Sánchez , Marc Hosemann , Cem Akin , Sükriye Dönmez
Runtime: 99 min
Awards: 5 wins & 5 nominations
AKA: Short Sharp Shock (United States of America) , Short Sharp Shock (United Kingdom) , Rápido e Indolor (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Βαθιά κοφτά ανθρώπινα (Greece) , Rápido y sin dolor (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , Short Sharp Shock , 小偷．共犯．鐵拳頭 (Taiwan) , Кратко и безболезнено (Bulgaria) , Быстро и без боли (Russian Federation) , Rápido e Indolor (Brazil) , L'engrenage (France, French Republic) , Kurz und schmerzlos , Aκαριαίο χτύπημα (Greece) , Short Sharp Shock (Italy) , Corto y con filo (Spain) , Villanás az egész (Hungary) , Kısa ve acısız (Turkey) , Szybko i bezboleśnie (Poland) , Krátce a bezbolestne (Czech Republic) , Kurz und schmerzlos (Germany) , Rövid és fájdalommentes (Hungary) , Brzo i bezbolno (Serbia)
Plot: Hamburg, Germany. The small crime scene. Three friends: Gabriel from Turkey and just out of prison, Costa from Greece and together with Gabriel's sister, Bobby from Serbia and together with her best friend. Bobby wants to get more into organized crime and decides to apply for a membership in an Albanian gang. As a test, he has to beat up someone who owes his future boss. He can join. Later, when Bobby has to do a weapon's deal on his own, he tries to get his friends in, too. But Gabriel does not want to go back into crime, he is dreaming of a life at the southern Turkish coast, owning a boat rental shop. Costa, always out of money, joins Bobby for one last time before getting good. But before the deal is on, both women start leaving their men for others. And when the deal is on, it goes terribly wrong.
IMDB:tt0162426