A gun, a suitcase and three stinking barrels is a 2012 Bulgarian comedy action film directed by Georgi Kostov and written by Georgi Kostov. The film premiered in Bulgaria on September 14, 2012.
The film entered Bulgarian cinema with the claim to combine elements of "black humor" and action in the spirit of Guy Ritchie, but transferred to our environment. The film is a colorful look at the criminal world - filled with grotesque, absurdity and colorful characters.
The story begins with a simple situation - a suitcase of drugs that accidentally falls into the hands of people who don't know what to do with it. This leads to a series of chases, deceptions and random "collision" between petty criminals, mobsters and random heroes.
The film seeks dynamics and absurd logic — the storylines intertwine, the characters often make wrong decisions, and the result is an avalanche of comic situations, clashes with "tough" bosses, and unexpected endings.
Georgi Kostov experiments with a style close to modern European "crime comedy" cinema. The camera is dynamic, the editing is fast, and the music emphasizes the cartoonish nature of the story. Although critics received the film with mixed reviews, it is precisely this style that made it a curious attempt to diversify Bulgarian cinema.
A gun, a suitcase and three stinking barrels caused polar reactions — some viewers appreciated the attempt to create a Bulgarian genre comedy in the spirit of Western productions, while others remained skeptical of the pretension and the script. Nevertheless, the film established itself as one of the few titles in Bulgarian cinema that embarked on an experiment with a crime parody.
