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 criticizing 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.
Drop Down Menu
- Home
- Reviews Menu 1
- Reviews Menu 2
- Lists
- Filmography Sammo Hung
- Reviews Live Action Films DC Universe
- Reviews animated DC films
- Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Non MCU Marvel Films
- Filmography Dario Argento
- All the Friday the 13th reviews (1980 - 2009)
- 8 Best horror films of 2016
- 8 Underrated Hack and Slash games
- 6 Underrated Romance films
- 8 Worst comedies of 2015
- 6 Underrated horror movies from the 80' s!
- The best FMV adventure games
- Sexiest Vampires
- Sexiest Werewolves
- 10 Worst Hollywood Movies of 2013
- Archive
- Mrs. P.'s Mini Pieces
- Food for thought
- Friends
- About Us
- My Stock Footage
Review Black Out (2012): Tarantinoesque?
genre: crime, comedy
Labels:
Comedy,
Crime,
Dutch,
Movie reviews
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Trailers
Total Pageviews
Search Bar
Recent Popular Posts
-
genre: action, thriller Land of Bad looks like a generic action title Nicolas Cage would make. Fortunately, this is not the case. The film a...
-
This is the full list* of all the Marvel films not belonging to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, MCU). For some titles, I still have to ...
-
genre: horror, action, crime In a world full of crime and terror, we usually count on the police to serve and protect us. What if one of the...
-
genre: action, crime, horror Here I was under the impression I already had written the review for the original . Apparently, I have not done...
-
genre: action, crime Other than the main character, this sequel has very little to do with the original. Tonally, quite different and far mo...
-
genre: drama, horror, mystery Like with most ghost / demon stories, not everything is what they seem. But I can honestly tell you, that you ...
Most Read Posts Last Year
-
genre: action, thriller A squad of Navy SEALs, are on a covert mission to transport a prisoner to a black site. There, events go wrong when ...
-
This is the full list* of all the Marvel films not belonging to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, MCU). For some titles, I still have to ...
-
Listed here are all the animated films in the Resident Evil franchise based on the videogame series. ( This has nothing to do with th...
-
genre: action, thriller Land of Bad looks like a generic action title Nicolas Cage would make. Fortunately, this is not the case. The film a...
-
genre: crime, mystery, thriller For a second I thought this was an adaptation of the video game. Thankfully, it wasn't. I don't thin...
-
genre: action, crime, drama, thriller Originally Tony Scott was to direct this one but according to wikipedia price became an ...
No comments:
Post a Comment