olof_the_viking There needs to be films made that have this type of shock effect to your mental and emotional system, but it took me three years to work it out. I watched it at the Gothenburg Film Festival and my immediate reaction was: "Heck, this shouldn't have been shown in public, I am now permanently damaged in my mind and in my soul. Help me." Now, however, after a few years of pondering the images and issues presented to me and how it was done, I must say that it is a masterpiece, utterly destroying previous conceptions of what the world is like. With great "wit" and "style" (I will refine these points!) the story is told in a rapid tempo and with no loose ends and no censoring. The "style" thing: I propose that this is realism taken to a new level, with the really, really shitty reality of these low-life misfits shown at its worst, both from within and from without as is should be presented, uncensored like a bad nightmare, but presented a if it were true. And this is the shocking part: the movie makes you feel like it is true. This is sort of balanced with the "wit" part; burlesque, ironic and totally black humour; to make a soup so thick it can't be swallowed without being chewed really well, and when you chew it you just want to spit it out because the taste makes you want to throw up. 9/10, would have got full points if it had actually made me throw up.

gurlpower07 This was just an OK euro flick, imho.I got the vibe that it was trying to be too much like Trainspotting or even Irreversible. Considering it had a significant budget to work with, the cinematography and story telling was disappointing.Expected the movie to be a lot better and more stylish that this.It was interesting for sure and better that a lot of Hollywood dreck, but nothing that exciting that says, wow, didn't see that coming, maybe I have seen too many edgy cult movies! Pity, as i generally love this type of genre.But worth digging out if can find it as a curiosity piece.

Dr-Keenk While this may be uncomforting for some, this is something which draws you to a cinema (or not, for some) It might be offensive, it might be raw, but the plain stupidity depicted in this movie is not far from reality, and that is what make this movie so haunting in the first place. If you like a story about little people not making it in the big world, this movie is for you. If you like movies where things all work out in the end, stay away, not for you.Although I must admit I like the author from the novel on which this film is based upon, I was quite shocked to see a film like this, it's quite serious in some parts, quite ridiculous in others, but never falls apart, and that is very, very smart. Thank you Belgium for giving us a decent movie from Europe this year.

Pascal Zinken (LazySod) Three handicapped people want to perform at a rock show. They are missing a drummer though. This drummer must be handicapped too. They find one, and he's got a handicap alright: he can't drum. When the four combine and start practicing their song the relations between the players start to get stressed.Ex Drummer starts as a pretty normal film where people get together to make music but quickly turns into a psychedelic shock fest. This could have worked out very well, but I think in this case it fails pretty hard as none of the things delivered as shockers actually work - a shock moment doesn't do its job if it is brought without a valid emotion and that is just what happens in this film: most scenes and sketches are just brought out, word for word, as if reading a newspaper.The film isn't altogether bad though. Some bits are put together pretty nicely and give the idea the filmmaker really wanted to make a Flemish version of Trainspotting. That comparison doesn't hold though - while that film doesn't slip up every other scene, this one does pretty often.So, all in all, nice try, no cigar.5 out of 10 psyched out people