Short Sharp Shock
1998 · Movie · 100 min · ★ 6.7 · 72% critics
Three longtime friends from a multicultural Hamburg neighborhood try to stick together after one of them gets out of prison determined to go straight. As the others keep chasing quick money, they’re pulled into dangerous deals with ruthless criminals, putting loyalty, love, and survival under pressure.
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Details
- Original title
- Kurz und schmerzlos
- Years
- 1998
- Release date
- 1998-10-15
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Critic score
- 72/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (94 votes)
About
If you enjoy tense, character-driven crime dramas about loyalty and bad decisions, this should land, especially if you liked In the Fade or Head-On; Not for you if you want lighthearted stories or minimal violence.
Pros: gritty Hamburg setting; strong friendship tension; intense crime stakes | Cons: heavy violence; bleak mood; melodrama elements
Themes
- friendship
- street gang
- arms deal
- foreigner
- german-turkish living together
- ex-boyfriend
- ex-girlfriend
- immigration
- wedding
- drugs
- hoodlum
- hamburg, germany
Cast & crew
Mehmet Kurtuluş
as Gabriel
- AJ
Aleksandar Jovanović
as Bobby
Adam Bousdoukos
as Costa
Regula Grauwiller
as Alice
İdil Üner
as Ceyda
Ralph Herforth
as Muhamer
Oscar Ortega Sánchez
as Waffenhändler
Marc Hosemann
as Sven
Cem Akin
as Gabriels Bruder
- SD
Sükriye Dönmez
as Seine Braut
Directed by Fatih Akin