Soundless (2004)

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Blistering performances.

I guess inside his mind director Mennan Yapo wast trying to create a stylish, somewhat leftfield dark thriller. In reality though 'Lautlos' turned out to be what may be the weakest film ever to be released by X- Filme creative pool. The acting is poor (despite the presence of the lovely Nadja Uhl), the dialogues are totally artificial and the story is a bore. To me it's a riddle why this movie has an average score of 6.6 Maybe one or two people may have found this film to be 'interesting' or even brave back in 2004? Having watched this only recent in 2016 I can assure you this movie did NOT stand the test of time. It's a total waste of time, talent and money.

"Lautlos" is a well done and surprisingly fresh contract killer movie, far the best German film in this genre I know. Choosing Joachim Krol, often playing the nice guy next door is an interesting idea that really works out well. Krol as Viktor/Felix is playing well against his stereotype and provides an intense portrait of a dedicated character whose life changes dramatically when he meets "Nina", played by Nadja Uhl.Andreas Berkel is nearly equally good as profiler "Lang", showing a hunter that is completely absorbed by his job. Among other things - I like the pacing of the story and it's sympathy for the main characters, two lost souls trying to come together against major obstacles. In the end, you cannot help to develop sympathy for the lonely guy living from death but striving for love. I was very satisfied to see Viktor escape in the end, finding love and peace (?). Even his hunter seemed to like this in the end. I definitely advise to see this one.

I think I have to disagree with the first poster, who said he this movie could have been great if the dialogue had been better.In my opinion the absolute minimum use of dialogue between the two main characters in this picture, and for Lautlos 'picture' is more true than usual, is one of its most interesting aspects.The emotions & thought of these two people are intensely displayed by a great combination of camera-work and acting. When the word are spoken the atmosphere already has the viewer closely connected with these two characters. I found myself thinking what the characters themselves realized only seconds later and stated in a very minimalistic way.Just a beautiful film...

Lautlos is a movie from Tom Tykwer's film company, and you can see his influence as a producer in the sometimes dreamlike, introvert sequences. The film is about a serial killer who finds love and subsequently plans to quit his old underground life. Joachim Król plays the silent hitman very well, he gives a hint of broken softness to the character so that it's easy to like him. The plot is also exciting enough to keep your attention, with the right balance between action and character development. The only big problem about this movie are the dialogues. They are deliberately artificial but in such an exaggerated way that they just spoil the whole thing. Still, with the Król-bonus, it's a 7 out of 10 for me.