New Kids Nitro (2011)

Gerrie, Richard, Rikkert, Robbie and Barry from Maaskantje are in a big fight with the village of Schijndel. When a zombie kills someone from Brabant, things get out of hand.

Directors:

Steffen Haars, Flip Van der Kuil

Writers:

Steffen Haars, Flip Van der Kuil

Stars:

Huub Smit, Tim Haars, Wesley van Gaalen

5 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Huub Smit	...	Richard Batsbak
Tim Haars	...	Gerrie van Boven
Wesley van Gaalen	...	Rikkert Biemans
Steffen Haars	...	Robbie Schuurmans
Flip Van der Kuil	...	Barrie Butsers
Bart de Rijk	...	Cop Adrie
Ruud Matthijssen	...	Henk
Guido Pollemans	...	D'n Dave
Sjaak-Pieter van Es	...	Knoet
Juliette van Ardenne	...	Deborah
Lars Boekhorst	...	Guy with Down Syndrome
Juul Vrijdag	...	Corrie Batsbak
Steye van Dam	...	Sharpwitted Spectator
Max van den Burg	...	Ronnie
Henry Van Loon	...	Man of Defence - 1

Storyline

Gerrie, Richard, Rikkert, Robbie and Barry from Maaskantje are in a big fight with the village of Schijndel. When a zombie kills someone from Brabant, things get out of hand.

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Plot Keywords:

zombie | mother son relationship | written and directed by cast member

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [nl]

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Release Date:

8 December 2011 (Netherlands)

Filming Locations:

Zaamslag, Zeeland, Netherlands

Box Office

Budget:

€2,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eyeworks Film & TV Drama, Comedy Central, Eyeworks Film & TV Drama

Technical Specs

Runtime:

74 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows New Kids (2007)

User Reviews

Some laughs, but the tricks are getting a bit old

"New Kids Nitro" is clearly a movie that had to strike while the iron was still hot. The brief "New Kids"-sketches were an instant hit within Dutch pop culture and the first "New Kids"-movie was also well-received, so it makes sense that they wanted to squeeze every drop from this hype. But still, the movie could have used some more time and effort. There's barely any new material in this movie, just a lot of rehashed stuff from the previous outings. People still suddenly die out of nowhere, they still get in fights for the vaguest of reasons and everyone's still over-the-top trashy, but it's just not as funny as it used to be. How many times can you see a person get hit by a car and still laugh? Dozens of times obviously, but they're still pushing it. Granted, the makers are very aware of this and break the fourth wall on numerous occasions to mention exactly what I just said, but to be honest I don't really care for that. In-jokes are often just a lazy way of "fixing" your movie's shortcomings (take notes, Kevin Smith), even if some of this stuff is indeed pretty funny. My biggest pet peeve however is that they don't do enough with the one interesting new idea in the movie: the delightfully nonsensical addition of zombies. You sort of expect the last half hour of this movie to play out as an if possible even dryer version of "Shaun Of The Dead", but the final act is totally disappointing. Don't get me wrong, you'll laugh a lot during this movie, but you'll laugh at gags you've seen a hundred times before. Only for the die-hard fans.