COUNTDOWN (VISSZASZAMLALAS) 45/95 Hungarian Film Series

A somber, finely crafted film about the pitfalls of the system of private enterprise now taking hold
in Hungary, Countdown is a very pessimistic film but an emotionally involving one … a truck driver
who decides to go into business for himself puts all his savings into a truck he buys at an auction.
At first, things go well … but before long jobs are hard to find and (he) has to pay bribes to get work
as well as doing ever more back breaking hauling … very well made in the documentary tradition
with gritty black and white photography and fine, realistic performances. -David Stratton, Variety