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:

brass knuckle | wedding | disco | bowling ball | fake money | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime

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Certificate:

Not Rated

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 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

User Reviews

No heroes here.

Black-hearted sort of thriller without any really likable characters but a lot of twists, although many of them would be too contrived and coincidental to be believable in real life.

Also, the "quirkiness" of many of the characters was over the top, even for a movie of this kind. I'm still rating it highly, because in spite of its flaws, it is short and rapid-fire, so it held my attention completely throughout, and I like movies that are a bit weird.

I would have probably rated it a little higher, but, as I alluded to in the beginning of my review, even the lead character is only partially sympathetic, and, right now, the whole gritty anti-hero thing is starting to wear on me.

(I love cars. Super clean classic notchback Mustang costars in this movie, which almost tempts me to up its rating on this basis alone.)

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Netherlands]

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Release Date:

26 January 2012 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

Black Out

Filming Locations:

Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,749, 23 February 2014

Gross USA:

$2,734

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$388,465

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hazazah Pictures, Orange Film, BNN TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1