Kojot by Bakazs Lengyel and Lovas - 7 out of 10

Kojot by Bakazs Lengyel and Lovas
7 out of 10


Although  most of the Hungarian films I have seen are more than respectable and a few are classics, among the best 100, 200 best movies ever made, such as Mephisto and Colonel Redl, both reviewed at realini.blogspot.com, Kojot is not one of the memorable features.

The opening scenes promise so much action, you would think this is The Fast and the Furious XVII, albeit I have not seen but a few scenes from one of those seemingly never ending sequels and reboots of the same simplistic idea.
In the small town of Tuzko, in the middle of Hungary, a big fight is in progress and a giant that could rival one of the Avengers I presume, has no problem in knocking about everyone that tries to stop his fury and unleashed immense power.

We soon learn though that he is fighting for the good side, reckless as he is, throwing the police officers who try to stop him through the air and bloodying a few other opponents.
Finally, he is immobilized on the ground and his construction is demolished by what we find to be the local forces of evil.

Villainous as they are, they kick a poor dog which has sensed their rotten fiber, as smart animals are alleged to do.
The owner of that clever dog dies and in his testament he leaves his property to his grandson, skipping the son who has no time to grow balls.

Alas, this theme of the balls aka testicles would be repeated ad nauseam and thus become quite annoying.
Misi is the city dweller that, after inheriting the rather  unattractive house and the land decides to move in the country, somewhat inexplicably, for most people make the reverse choice.

On the other hand, I made the same decision and spent three years in a small town in my corner of the world, after which I returned to the capital city.
The potentate of Tuzko, a man rich enough to live in Budapest, in luxury, as his own son points out, wants to buy the property from Misi.

He is refused though and a game of cat and mouse ensues.
It is not original, the sense of deja vu is poignant, and it is way too long.

The local maharajah is used with everyone obeying to his commands.
And he has some big plans, with money from Sweden, which would bring this small place into an hypothetical Eden.

He talks about other, presumably famous in Hungary, spas with thermal waters and the plan to make Tuzko just as successful...

But there are no thermal waters here, retorts Misi

It doesn't matter for the diminutive local Putin.

He wants it and he will have it, in one way or another.
When the man from the city refuses his offer, Mafia methods are used...

Like the Godfather said...

'I made him an offer he can't refuse'

Only this Misi tries to resist the unrefusable offer, for as much as he can.

It is more that we can bear alas, as viewers and if this film would have been shorter, maybe it would have been easier to take in?
As it is, 126 minutes is too much, for very little substance.