A dark and dynamic ride through Budapest's labyrinthine subway system, Kontroll stylishly careens through genres - thriller, drama, comedy, horror and romance - at the breakneck pace of a runaway train.

Life has turned upside-down for brooding Bulcsu (Sandor Csanyi), a ticket inspector who patrols the platforms and trains of the city's underground network with a motley crew of colleagues. Bulcsu has forged a series of 'relationships' with other long-term denizens of this neon-lit world - the serial fare-dodger, the shadowy serial-killer, the veteran whose seen it all before, and the mysterious, beautiful woman who rides the rails in a bear suit.