Control(Kontroll)

New York Post by

Kontroll calls itself a thriller, and you will agree if you are excited by scenes of bored inspectors arguing with sullen straphangers.

The New York Times by Dana Stevens

A tour de force of grime, fluorescence and destinationless velocity, is more concerned with atmosphere than meaning.

Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt

If it weren't so smartly filmed and acted, this might add up to an over-the-top mess. But watch how inventively Mr. Antal keeps the action moving and you'll see why his picture has won a passel of prizes.

Variety by Eddie Cockrell

Crowd-pleasing, darkly comic joyride.

New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman

Smart, imaginative - and nearly ­impossible to watch.

Village Voice by J. Hoberman

Bulcsú never surfaces from the underworld. Neither does the movie-literally or figuratively.

Chicago Reader by J.R. Jones

Darkly funny and metaphorically potent.

Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman

Antal has assembled what may be the single most colorless group of mangy lowlifes I have ever seen.

Rolling Stone by Peter Travers

It's the whooshing terror that fries your nerves to a frazzle. Antal's control never falters.

The Hollywood Reporter by Ray Bennett

Grungy and uneven, but it has a rollicking pace and clearly intends to be good fun so that audiences may overlook its unsteady rhythms, pretensions and inconsistencies and take it for the fast and very furious ride it wants to be.