Arts+Culture / NewsWatch the hideous film Hungary is sending to refugeesThis warning to people trying to enter Hungary is an atrocious, insenstive low-budget action movie that only highlights the inequalities that blacken our worldShareLink copied ✔️September 18, 2015Arts+CultureNewsText Thomas Gorton There are moments in life where you see or hear something utterly wrong and think to yourself, "I cannot fucking believe they did that". There are things that exist way outside of the grey area, they are just totally, objectively, bad. This film dives headfirst into that category. Refugees, many from Syria, are currently desperately seeking sanctuary in European countries, namely Germany, France, the UK. While our country’s response to the crisis could have been a million times better, Hungary’s verges on inhumane. Hungarian officials have been filmed kicking and beating refugees, using water cannons and tear gas on crowds of people, including children, and now they’ve built a razorwire fence around the country’s border with Serbia. A bad enough CV, you’d think. But when you’re on a roll... This film, presented by the Mayor of Ásotthalom, a town on the border of Hungary, is a pseudo-cinematic warning to refugees not to enter the country that shamefully tries to double up as a trailer for a low-budget, low quality, low morals action film. Cameras linger on the classic signifiers of brutality – CCTV cameras, police vehicles, razorwire fences, men with guns and men on horses, while a tinny nu-metalish soundtrack plays in the background. Halfway through, the soundtrack really gets a second wind and erupts into a dismally generic "rousing" affair, while a montage rolls of muscular, serious men doing serious things like radioing other serious men to make sure people who seriously need help don’t get it. At the end of the film, the mayor – wearing a blazer, jeans and shades with his hands in his pockets – stands flanked by his anti-kindness mob in a field near the border. It looks like Dragons Den: The Military Years. The film has been uploaded to YouTube with the title "message to illegal immigrants". Here’s our message to the filmmakers – you have access to weapons, clothing, vehicles, houses and you have the money and time to make utterly appalling videos. The people that you hope see this, those searching for safety and shelter, have nothing except hope. Have some fucking humanity. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingIs this the most corrupt World Cup ever?From Donald Trump’s alleged meddling to theories of a pro-Argentina conspiracy, accusations of foul play are taking over the 2026 World CupLife & CultureLife & CultureWhy the smartest person you know is watching Love IslandPull&BearFashionSongs Worth Reading: Sophia Stel and PULL&BEAR find dark academia in ParisMusicPhotos of Europe’s forgotten free party generation Beauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaLife & CultureIt’s a sin: Why gen Z are turning against ‘lust’MusicWe are entering the age of intentional music listeningBeautyThe ‘unquantified self’ movement is rejecting wellness optimisationMusicOlivia Rodrigo: ‘A breakup can be an opportunity to redirect your life’Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy