Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Too much of everything

hyped garbage

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

"Bang Boom Bang - Ein todsicheres Ding" is a German film from over 15 years ago that runs for 110 minutes and was written and directed by Peter Thorwarth. He was still pretty young at this point and considered one of Germany's rising stars in terms of filmmaking. However, he has not really delivered great work since then and I actually have to say I am not too impressed by his early efforts either. And this includes this one. Maybe you wonder what "klamauk" means, the word I used in the title to describe this movie. If you do not speak German, you probably have never heard of it. It basically stands for something that is loud and annoying while offering nothing of value. And this fits the film pretty nicely.Most of this is due to the script, but it also needs to be said that the cast here is very limited in terms of range. All the people here who have several minutes screen time are actors that have a career because of their charisma and recognition value, but none of these are particularly talented besides that. Korittke is probably still better than most of the others, even if I have to say I am positively surprised by Martin Semmelrogge who was hardly recognizable in here and played a clearly different character than he usually does. Thorwarth himself also appears as an actor, but is as forgettable as Richter, Neldel, Knüfken and Kahrmann. Til Schweiger has a very small part too. And this is the last work of Diether Krebs, a very talented German actor. Sucks to see him go out on a low note like this movie.So my overall verdict for this film is obviously negative. It has a couple okay moments, but in the end, it simply does not deliver in terms of drama or comedy despite trying really hard on several occasions. People who see this and not much else probably have not the highest opinion of German cinema as this film is far more popular than it deserves to be. The awards recognition is undeserved and the rating here on IMDb is far too high. I give a thumbs down and do not recommend watching it.

Early in the movie one of the main characters Keek wants to rent "Didi - der Doppelgänger" starring Dieter Hallervorden (another milestone of German comedy) at his local videostore. As the clerk checks if it is available, Keek is reminded that he has had this movie at home for some weeks and forgot to return it. But Keek is not suffering from Alzheimer' disease, no, Keek is a pot-head.As the director indicates in the commentary, BBB was not a big success at the box-office, but made much money at videostores because people forgot to return or lost it completely.I'm owner of the DVD now...

This is a very lovingly made German gangster comedy, and it definitely works.Great actors, even the supporting roles; great performances (Oliver Korittke, Diether Krebs, Martin Semmelrogge as the dim-witted Schlucke, and, best of all, Ralf Richter --,Is -- der -- geil!'); good story with appropriate twists and turns, but not too sophisticated, and a grandiose directing -- nothing else to be said. I hope people won't forget this movie too soon; it's really a jewel of German humour (this for all the people who didn't think Germans do have a sense of humour).Go see it or get the DVD!

Maybe some Austrian comedies are not funny for German people because their humour lies in the way words are „Austrishly` pronounced. I think the humour of this German movie also lies in the actors' accent, if it was supposed to be funny. I think it was, but I didn't find any opportunity to laugh. Many trivial German comedies are like this.There is much more this movie is supposed to be. The director wanted to mix a little „Pulp Fiction` with a little „The Big Lebowski` and a lot of local colour. He failed. These were the longest two hours of my life.