Gama Bomb: Survival of the Fastest
2024, English. Directed by Kiran Acharya.
The award-winning documentary from Northern Ireland with cult thrash metal band Gama Bomb.
When they hit the Billboard charts, Gama Bomb were trapped by lockdowns, missing a drummer, and unable to tour. Survival Of The Fastest is a new Irish take on classic music documentaries like Anvil or Spinal Tap with a sweet and charming portrait of male friendship during troubled times. Capturing Gama Bomb's quest to play for 10,000 people at Hellfest – the 'Glastonbury of Metal' – Kiran Acharya’s warm and wayward film surprised cinema audiences with a smart, sincere, and absurdly funny year in the life of dear friends trying to keep the show on the road. Packed full of Gama Bomb's trademark humour and pop culture references, the film reflects on their 20-year history in the absurd worlds of punk and metal and their earliest days during the first sparks of the Peace Process in Northern Ireland.
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- 1h 12m
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- 8 May 2024
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- Kiran Acharya
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Gama Bomb: Survival of the Fastest runs 72 minutes (1h 12m).
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Gama Bomb: Survival of the Fastest isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 8 May 2024. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like Gama Bomb: Survival of the Fastest?
If you liked Gama Bomb: Survival of the Fastest, try The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years, Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition, Video Games: The Movie.
Who directed Gama Bomb: Survival of the Fastest?
Gama Bomb: Survival of the Fastest (2024) was directed by Kiran Acharya and stars Philip Byrne, Domo Dixon, Joe McGuigan.