Bang, Boom, Bang

Bang, Boom, Bang (Bang Boom Bang — Ein todsicheres Ding, 1999) is a German crime comedy you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Peter Thorwarth and set in the Ruhr Valley with the confidence of a film that knows exactly what kind of chaos it wants to be. Small-time crook Kick has managed to blow through his entire share of a bank job at the horse track. Every last mark of it.

His problems accelerate when his partner Kalle escapes prison early, furious to discover his girlfriend moved on and his money is gone. Oliver Korittke plays Kick's panicked scramble for a solution; Markus Knüfken gives Kalle a dangerous single-mindedness. Ralf Richter and a brief appearance from Till Schweiger fill out the supporting cast. Everyone is trying to be smart and everyone keeps making it worse.

The film developed a devoted following in Germany for its dense, fast editing and its refusal to make any character more competent than the situation demands. For fans of Ruhr noir and late-nineties European caper comedies. Stream Bang, Boom, Bang (1999) on iFILM.