Bony a klid

The final star I’m giving it is definitely only for the rather amusing templates played by Josef Nedorost and Tomáš Hanák. All the other minuses are for the full-length backing track from the then quite old album "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" (1984) by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, whose main hits "Relax" and "The Power of Love" I hope to never hear again. This sort of overuse was not a good solution. The current album "Liverpool" (1986) would probably not be put in the film, even in one from the socialist block. (10/03/2009)

First half of the film made me crazy, mainly due to the form and time shifting to make the suffering end. The second half eventually improved the overall impression. Definitely an interesting and truthful topic from Vít Olmer and Radek John and high-quality acting performances, especially from J. Potměšil and R. Skamene, are incredibly undermined by the stupid repetition of the song Relax, which made me physically sick. Once, twice could be tolerable in the film, but its repetition at the slightest opportunity is incredibly annoying. For that reason, I cannot give more than three stars, even if I tried my best. (07/07/2013)

I remembered the film quite well from the last time I saw it. I was pleased that it still worked for me and the atmosphere was still there. I enjoyed it again and only took away one star for the music. Apparently, the creators chose the song “Relax” to accompany scenes with currency dealers without realizing that the dealers appear in almost every scene. At least I got to experience what it must be like for prisoners to be tortured by music. If Ondřej Soukup did editing on the soundtrack, too, congratulations... (04/28/2020)