Black Out (2012)

After ruthless gangsters wrongfully accuse him of stealing from them, a retired criminal has 24 hours to creep back into his past life and retrieve a bag of coke before his fiancée is killed.

Director:

Arne Toonen

Writers:

Gerben Hellinga (novel), Melle Runderkamp (story)

Stars:

Raymond Thiry, Kim van Kooten, Bas Keijzer

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Raymond Thiry	...	Jos Vreeswijk
Kim van Kooten	...	Caroline
Bas Keijzer	...	Bobbie
Renée Fokker	...	Coca Inez (as Renee Fokker)
Edmond Classen	...	Charles
Katja Schuurman	...	Charity
Birgit Schuurman	...	Petra
Willie Wartaal	...	Wally
Kempi	...	Björn
Simon Armstrong	...	Vlad
Ursul de Geer	...	Rudolf
Alex van Warmerdam	...	André
Marwan Kenzari	...	Youssef (as Marwan Kenzari)
Robert de Hoog	...	Gianni
Horace Cohen	...	Rex

Storyline

On the day before his wedding, retired criminal Jos wakes up next to a murdered man with no recollection of what happened the night before. He soon discovers that a group of gangsters have pinned him as the lone suspect in the theft of 20 kilos of coke. He's got to get it back in 24 hours, or the life of his bride will be in serious danger. Now he has no choice but to creep back into his dangerous old world of petty thieves and drug dealers - all before his wedding the next day.

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Plot Keywords:

wedding | disco | bowling ball | fake money | robbery | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Netherlands]

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Release Date:

26 January 2012 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

Black Out - Eine Leiche auf Reisen

Filming Locations:

Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

€117,816 (Netherlands), 29 January 2012, Limited Release

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hazazah Pictures,Orange Film,BNN TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Birgit Schuurman is married to the director, Arne Toonen. Nonetheless, Arne made her and her famous sister Katja Schuurman audition for their parts.

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Connections

References Foxy Brown (1974)

User Reviews

Good crime/comedy period!

Black Out is a Dutch crime comedy a la Tarantino and Guy Ritchie.Which is one of the strongest points in the movie and at the same time could be seen as weak ones since some scenes are direct copies.In stead of heavily criticising or bashing like most Dutch viewers did I actually applaud this effort.Sure this is no masterpiece.But it is a huge step in the right direction.Copy or not,this movie will be appealing to a larger audience outside The Netherlands and in my eyes that is a good thing.The director Arne Toonen of this movie shows he has talent and skill.It's obvious he still has a lot to improve on craft wise but I have no doubt he will manage to do so.Using older experienced actors opposite a younger cast is almost brilliant.Too bad he did not make more use of them.Some characters were screaming for more screen attention.I am not entirely sure about Simon Armstrong as Vlad.He was interesting as the main villain.But somehow a little over the top compared to the others in this film.It would have worked better if more characters and scenes would have been outrageous and absurd as well.The film was begging for it.Yet it remained subtle and calm in places where excess was needed.Overall though I found this to be a very enjoyable experience and honestly think that Black Out (2012) deserves a little more recognition.