Bomb Scared

Bomb Scared [Fe de etarras]

Release date: (2017 October 12)

Availability: Global

Netflix Original Spanish Language Movie

Plot:

Taking place in the sweltering heat of a small Spanish town, a peculiar, dysfunctional armed terrorist group, the etarras or ETA, find themselves stuck in a flat awaiting a phone call. While they wait, the Spanish national football team wins the World Cup in South Africa, sending the whole country into celebration.

Review:
Rating: Watch it / It depends / [Skip it]

• The language and cultural barrier is too much. The title roughly translates to Fear the ETA which is more apt and comical, if you know what the ETA is. The terrorist cell in this movie doesn't generate fear. Comedy works in part due to timing, so reading subtitles only hurts any humor.
  It's a solid concept, a house full of incompetent terrorists, but there are too many barriers to entry. This was never made for an English speaking audience and it's obvious. The director called this Friends in a safe house, and that's not far off if you're fluent in Spanish.

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Links:

• Watch the teaser 
• Theatrical Release December 7 in Spain

Trivia:

• This is Netflix's second Spanish original movie.   
• Director and co-writer Borja Cobeaga called it Friends in a safe house.