Short Sharp Shock (German: Kurz und schmerzlos) is a 1998 film directed by Turkish-German director Fatih Akın.

"[2] Gabriel the Turk, Bobby the Serb and Costa the Greek are three friends who used to form a neighborhood gang in the Altona district of Hamburg.

However, Bobby has been doing jobs for crazed Albanian mobster Muhamer and his girlfriend Alice turns to Gabriel for comfort.

The film's director, Fatih Akın, makes a cameo appearance as the drug dealer Nejo.

We’re already doing it!”[2] Katja Nicodemus gave it a favorable review in Magazin-Deutschland, saying the film "represented a new German-Turkish cinema".