I was a bit surprised to see almost exclusively positive reviews of this flic here. "Lek" has its moments, but the only scene I found truly entertaining was the brilliant opening sequence, which tellingly did not feature the lead character.
Many Dutch movies suffer from a fixed pool of actors, who either act like they are in a play on a stage, or are picked from TV soaps, with accordingly lacking acting skills and altogether boring personalities and screen presence. The latter certainly applies to Cas Jansen, who plays the lead as an incredibly unconvincing Amsterdam cop. Both he and his girlfriend were mostly cringey to watch. Not for a moment could I see past the middle class white actor kids that they are.
Some of the criminals were fun, and some action sequences were mildly entertaining, but when the main characters are boring dweeps unconvincingly playing parts that so obviously are lightyears away from their own reality, you can forget about suspension of disbelief.
To end of a positive nite: for a vastly superior Dutch crime movie check out "De dominee" (2004).
Many Dutch movies suffer from a fixed pool of actors, who either act like they are in a play on a stage, or are picked from TV soaps, with accordingly lacking acting skills and altogether boring personalities and screen presence. The latter certainly applies to Cas Jansen, who plays the lead as an incredibly unconvincing Amsterdam cop. Both he and his girlfriend were mostly cringey to watch. Not for a moment could I see past the middle class white actor kids that they are.
Some of the criminals were fun, and some action sequences were mildly entertaining, but when the main characters are boring dweeps unconvincingly playing parts that so obviously are lightyears away from their own reality, you can forget about suspension of disbelief.
To end of a positive nite: for a vastly superior Dutch crime movie check out "De dominee" (2004).