Kontroll

Starring: Sandor Badar, Eszter Balla, Sandor Csanyi, Gyorgy Cserhalmi, Zsolt Nagy

Directed by: Nimrod Antal

RS: 3of 4 Stars

2005 ThinkFilm Inc. Action

A hooded serial killer stalks the Budapest subway while Bulcsu (the appealingly disheveled Sandor Csanyi) and four other ticket inspectors -- they're called Kontroll -- try to stop the next victim from being pushed in front of a train. Shooting in the underground, lit by an eerie fluorescent glow, first-time writer-director Nimrod Antal spices the suspense with laughs and sex -- Bulcsu drools for a hottie (Eszter Balla) in a bear suit -- but it's the whooshing terror that fries your nerves to a frazzle. Antal's control never falters.