Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) "Bandits" is a German 110-minute movie from 1997, so this one has its 20th anniversary this year. Katja von Garnier is the director here and also one of the writers and this is not the only occasion she worked with actress Katja Riemann. But probably the worst, at least I hope so. Yes I just wrote "writers", which means that actually several people worked on this movie and they still did not see all the flaws that are wrong with it. And even if I am generally a bit biased when it comes to Riemann, I still can only shake my head at her winning a German Film Award for this film. The entire plot has nothing to do with realism. This refers to the biggest crucial parts and events as well as the details. This is the story of a group of musicians who manage to break out while they are supposed to give a concert. Okay, so the police are huge idiots here and they really screwed up, but what happens next is even more embarrassing. While on the run, the gang turns into successful musicians and they are cheered at by audiences. Why? Why? Why? There are criminals on the run. Oh yes lets buy their records, won't we? And the police still can't catch them despite all this. Embarrassing stuff. Needless to say that the music in this film is extremely mediocre from start to finish, sometimes weak and this still makes it better than all the rest I guess. Now if they keep getting away from the police, they have to be somewhat criminal masterminds right? Nope not at all. Pretty much all of them act like fools on several occasions. Stupid romance plots include a romance story between a hostage and one of the criminals. Think of OitNB, Prison Break, Vier Minuten etc. and think of everything that could have gone wrong with these movies but didn't. Then you can basically imagine what to expect here. In order to keep audiences (especially horny men I guess) from seeing all the flaws with this movie they included a graphic sex scene including the not so unattractive Jasmin Tabatabai. Oh yeah, the young Nicolette Krebitz' looks are probably by far the best thing about this movie. I am honestly glad she makes films nowadays that are far superior to what we have here. But performance-wise nobody stands out at all, even if the script certainly did not help anybody here at all. But it is especially embarrassing in the case of Katja Riemann who I consider a quite untalented actress and who built her success and the fact that she still gets cast in lead roles two decades later on garbage films like this one here. No idea what awards bodies were thinking. Overall, this film is certainly a contender for worst film of 1997 and also a contender for being among the worst films of the 1990s from everywhere. I highly recommend to stay far far away. Also it proves that the likes of Jaenicke, Sawatzki etc. are people who score through recognition value and charisma and definitely not through great range. The crime plot in the center of it all is as crap as everything else in this movie. Nothing makes sense. And sadly, it is also overlong with an embarrassing final sequence/performance. Nothing feels realistic or authentic. Do. Not. Watch.

pocketg99 If I were given a choice as to whether or not all German cinema would be instantly destroyed or not, I would probably have to go for it after seeing this movie. Even though it would mean losing Fritz Lang, Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders, etc., it would be worth it. The only reason I got more than thirty seconds into this movie is that I was assigned to watch it for a class. Otherwise I wouldn't have even made it past the opening credits. I know all of this ranting can seem a bit vague and hyperbolic, so I figured I would give some specifics as to why this is such a god-awful movie. Let me start by saying that the only virtue of this movie is that it is somewhat well shot although the penultimate scene with its shambolic colorization nearly made me reconsider this. On the whole, however, the film is pretty well shot and looks fairly cinematic. Everything else about this movie is terrible. The actresses themselves may not be terrible, but the writing is. The dialogue is unrealistic and clichéd. There are many scenes where it doesn't even really make any sense what is going on. The interrogation scene, for example, which sort of seems like it is setting up the final act of the movie (although it turns out not to, sort of) doesn't really make any sense. Throughout the entire movie, there are scenes that are clichéd such as the two characters who initially don't get along, and and yet still manage to not make very much sense. Don't even get me started on plot holes. The worst part about the writing, however, is that the movie simply isn't believable at all. Not only are the criminals farcically bad, they spent most of the movie evading police who are even worse. Their are many escapes in the movie, none of which are even remotely believable. I take it back, that probably isn't even the worst part about the writing. The worst part is probably that the characters aren't endearing at all and don't make any sense. The movie tries to rip off some archetypical sort of characters, but can't even do that. They can't even get bland 1-dimensional characters. That's right, this movie has 0-dimensional characters. I couldn't even tell who the main character was until the last half-an-hour of the movie, to be honest, I still don't know. DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE ENDING. Let's talk about the music. It sucks. For one, in pretty much every single one of the endless music scenes, it is obvious that the band is not really playing. There is a scene fairly early on of the band playing that clearly shows someone hammering away on the Hammond B3 and yet the song that is playing contains no organ. I'll let it slide if a movie doesn't have incredible attention to detail, but it should have attention to something. It seems like this movie must have been made by total coincidence, as if the various pages of the script blew in on the wind after being cut from other movies and then someone accidentally nudged the record button on the camera while some average citizens mulled about in front of the lights that had been left behind from a music video shoot done the day before. Basically, this movie is terrible. Do not watch it.

eclipse2ooo No movie is perfect-not even the Godfather!Every movie has flaws, and in stating that this German film had quite a few.The genre seemed to switch between music video/musical (with dance sequences or some type of choreography) and drama.This said there were several surreal scenes, and a critique of the plot should keep this in mind.THE PLOT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE BELIEVABLE!!-four women with different criminal backgrounds fight for thweir emancipation/try to escape from the law while trying to maintain their rock 'n' roll career.Yes, I do agree that some issues/conflicts could have been further developed e.g. the conflict between the two band members over the cute male hostage,the conflict of stardom and infamy,etc.It is interesting to note that being a rock musician is synonymous with being an outlaw.Defying figures of authority and statues of law.So the writers had a interesting concept to work with.The soundtrack was inspiring and simply rocked!!(how come they spoke in German and sung in pure English).Love the song of the final scene-Don't forget to catch me!!The actresses were blessed with talent!!All in all, the film had such an appeal to me and I love it anyhoo.

denizkalay Excellent movie and sound track. For international movie lovers, a must-see. I have to say that the new Generation of German actors have come a far way. To my luck I know German, and was not dependent on the subtitles. The subtitles are very inaccurate!