A laudable lead performance and some good action sequences elevate this heavy-handed drugs thriller by director Tjebbo Penning
Surely, there must be some contractual reason why this punnet of greasy genre junk-food cinema from the Netherlands is getting a theatrical release in the UK. After all, it’s highly doubtful there will be more of handful of punters interested in seeing it here, unless perhaps a fleet of buses containing Dutch holiday-makers decide to camp next to a multiplex showing it and find themselves with nothing else to do on a rainy Saturday afternoon. Should that happen, they would be rewarded with a committed, laudably nuanced performance from Thekla Reuten as the see-no-evil wife of Jeroen van Koningsbrugge’s middle-management drug dealer. After years of trying to look the other way, Reuten’s Sylvia finally admits to herself that her husband is a violent psychopath whose line of work is...
Surely, there must be some contractual reason why this punnet of greasy genre junk-food cinema from the Netherlands is getting a theatrical release in the UK. After all, it’s highly doubtful there will be more of handful of punters interested in seeing it here, unless perhaps a fleet of buses containing Dutch holiday-makers decide to camp next to a multiplex showing it and find themselves with nothing else to do on a rainy Saturday afternoon. Should that happen, they would be rewarded with a committed, laudably nuanced performance from Thekla Reuten as the see-no-evil wife of Jeroen van Koningsbrugge’s middle-management drug dealer. After years of trying to look the other way, Reuten’s Sylvia finally admits to herself that her husband is a violent psychopath whose line of work is...
- 8/18/2016
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Similar News
Warrior Nun: Cancelled Netflix Series Being Revived for Movie Trilogy (Watch)
- 8/16/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Warrior Nun: cancelled Netflix series is being resurrected with a trilogy of feature films
- 8/16/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Resurrection for “Warrior Nun"
- 8/16/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Mipcom: Dutch Features Acquires Local Thriller Series ‘Rogue Justice,’ ‘The Columnist’ (Exclusive)
- 10/13/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Review of Froukje Tan's wonderfully strange Links (Left)
- 7/9/2009
- QuietEarth.us
European Films Receive Fss for Mexican Market
- 3/11/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Dutch production scheme backs 34
- 7/28/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Flanders fund backs 20 films with €5m
- 6/13/2013
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.