Redundant and unnecessary.

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

the movie isn't that bad overall the only issue i have here is the dog..... like sorry but where does he come from???? who feeds him when the guy is gone and how did he live when he first came to his house that he inherited???? like I'm really concerned for that dog. The ending wasn't the best i would appreciate it if for once their could be a happy ending not a bad ending...

This film is about the young and handsome Hungarian lad Szabolcs who plays in a German football team. One day after a lost game and a fight with his friend Bernard he decides to go back to his home country. He inherited an old and dilapidated house and decides to renovate it. One evening a young lad, called Áron tries to steal his motorbike. He catches him but they end up being friends or some sort of "lovers" and renovate the house together. Áron is struggling heavily with his feelings…The people in the neighbourhood get to know about their relationship and start harassing both boys. I have a double feeling after seeing this movie. On the one hand it is nicely directed, the setting is lovely, the boys are quite handsome (they are even bare-chested half of the film) and the love scenes are touching, dialogues are sparse but sufficient… On the other hand this is one of the so many negative gay movies. We have seen the story over and over again. I know there are still a lot of prejudices against LGTB people in Eastern Europe and many other parts of the world, but this film has almost no positive image in it. It's mostly depressing and negative. Like the director wanted to give the message: if you are gay you will end up living or dying miserably and everyone else will hate you. Why are there so little positive LGTB films? Why is it always about homophobia, difficult coming out, one of the lovers not excepting his feelings… I would definitely not recommend this to gay people.

Despite me giving a 10 out of 10, I didn't like the movie. I only gave it such a high grade because I don't see any flaws in it, its writing is rather good.But before I dwell on the film itself, let me make a mini rant. Why do almost all gay romance movies feature the exact same structure? Two guys fall in love, they never had experience with the same sex before. One of them is more out and open-minded and accepts his feelings easily. The other is more 'masculine', probably dates a girl or has a wife and kids, and he denies his feelings. The out one pursues the other like a stalker with no self-respect and call it love. In the end, usually, the 'masculine' rejects the love. Most of the time, the effeminate dies. Other common elements are the homophobic society and absurd lack of ability of the characters to talk. I mean, why do they always talk so little, only a few small sentences. Why is it always so vague and sometimes cryptic? Is it some sort of artistic design I don't understand, but they all share? End of mini-rant.The movie is sweet and moves along at a nice pace. I got to say that happens more in this movie than in most of gay-themed movies. It shows very nicely how society can be cruel and how love is beautiful and then people ruin it. It felt, to me, like a period piece, I mean the village or whatever in which the story happens seems so outdated, but it might be the portrayal of existing rural places I've never been to. But they don't even talk about being gay, they talk about "being like that" and other vague sentences. I thought specially interesting how Aron's character is written. I also thought it would make more sense for him to suicide after killing his lover, at least from my point of view. It is also stated the movi is based on a real story. If it is, then the ending could not be changed. In this case, throughout its extension, the file lacked a 'punch', it would be more effective if it was more emotional and not so clean. Maybe the real story is not so gruesome too, but still the movie seems softon graphics, even if heavy on deepth. Ending my so-called review, I'd like to see this move, and others, being more original. But I guess you can't ask much of a movie made outside a big movie industry, which I'll bet it is the case.

Although the themes in Land of Storms are well worn and familiar, this incarnation of the ills of homophobic society is particularly effective at alerting us to the madness of it. It is beautifully made both artistically and dramatically - in many ways it might even be a masterpiece of emotion. Szboliks hails from a small village in Hungary. He is a young professional footballer in a small German league team where he finds himself the subject of unsolicited attention from a fellow player, Bernard. There is a scuffle but the German team mates support Bernard over him and the young Hungarian is beaten to the extent that he returns to his home village. There he meets a young builder, Aaron, and eventually a sexual bond forms between them. But their parents and local community are vehemently opposed to any alternative lifestyle and their relationship appears doomed from the start. Eventually Bernard arrives for a visit and the stage is set for a compelling drama of refuted love and jealous passion. The performances from all characters are solid and entirely convincing. The script is perhaps a little labored but the tension created through the story is so strong that all other considerations are cast aside. The ending is both shocking and poetic - and the story is essentially true. A must see for all eclectic film lovers.