I watched this one recently, along with a few hundred other people at this year's Gothenburg Film festival. I guess most of us had an enjoyable evening, though not completely engrossing. The film is labelled as action/comedy, but to be honest it's only the latter part that really applies. The pace is, what critics call, deliberate - in other words, rather slow. But the characters, odd and flawed as they may be, gained my sympathy.
In short, 'Lost Killers' is about six people, living in a mid-size German city without any real prospects for the future.(I'll try not to deliver any real SPOILERS here, but the next piece of information might be considered one by readers who are looking for maximum surprise effect.) One is a vietnamese-born prostitute who has the peculiar ability of falling into a trance directly after intercourse. 'I get slapped a lot because of that' she explains early on to her newfound friend, a Haitian street musician who dreams of emigrating to Australia and is contemplating the idea of donating a kidney to raise the necessary money.Somehow their paths cross with those of two less-than-efficient contract killers, one Croatian and the other Georgian.The Croatian also has a girlfriend with a mind of her own, not to mention an old ghost-like mother who, according to doctors, should have deceased years ago... The main attractions here are the dialogue, which often is funny in a low-key but consistently bizarre way, and the personal interest we take in these natural born losers who just can't help hoping for something better in life. This is not a film for everyone's taste, but amusing for those of us with an absurd sense of humour.
In short, 'Lost Killers' is about six people, living in a mid-size German city without any real prospects for the future.(I'll try not to deliver any real SPOILERS here, but the next piece of information might be considered one by readers who are looking for maximum surprise effect.) One is a vietnamese-born prostitute who has the peculiar ability of falling into a trance directly after intercourse. 'I get slapped a lot because of that' she explains early on to her newfound friend, a Haitian street musician who dreams of emigrating to Australia and is contemplating the idea of donating a kidney to raise the necessary money.Somehow their paths cross with those of two less-than-efficient contract killers, one Croatian and the other Georgian.The Croatian also has a girlfriend with a mind of her own, not to mention an old ghost-like mother who, according to doctors, should have deceased years ago... The main attractions here are the dialogue, which often is funny in a low-key but consistently bizarre way, and the personal interest we take in these natural born losers who just can't help hoping for something better in life. This is not a film for everyone's taste, but amusing for those of us with an absurd sense of humour.
