The producer of Dick Maas' horror comedy Sint is taking a turn into very different territory with upcoming comedy The Masters but the results look as though they should prove every bit as successful as the earlier holiday splatter picture.The Masters pairs a quartet of Dutch comedians - keen eyed readers will recognize the lead of Max Parcelijn's Plan C in there - as men dealing (or not dealing) with middle age to varying degrees of success who ultimately decide to get their old hip hop band back together. Yes, this is familiar ground but director Ruud Schuurman appears to handle the material with style and the principal cast (Mimoun Oaissa, Ruben van der Meer, Willie Wartaal, Guido Pollemans) are all immensely likeable.Check out the...
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- 3/5/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Police work has rarely looked more like an ordinary office job than it does in the wryly amusing Plan C, where the desks are stuffed side by side in cramped spaces, bureaucracy reigns, and bald, middle-aged Ronald has lost his mojo. Ronald (Ruben van der Meer) is suffering from a stifling case of mid-life ennui. His ex-wife has remarried a successful author, his young son is become more distant, he has fallen behind on his police reports, and his leisure time is devoted to poker -- which he claims is not gambling, but a skill. It's a skill he's been sadly lacking for nearly a year, though, and, as a result, his Chinese loan shark has lost all patience over a $10,000 debt. Desperate for...
- 9/23/2012
- Screen Anarchy
[Updated with English subtitled trailer.]Dutch director Max Porcelijn showed a touch of the Coen Brothers in the first teaser for his blackly comic heist picture Plan C and that influence is even more evident in the just released full trailer.Ronald Plasmeyer (Ruben Van Der Meer) is a small-time Amsterdam detective, struggling with financial problems because of his gambling habit. When the Chinese crime boss Hao threatens Ronald's ex-wife and son to get his money back, Ronald comes up with a plan that will solve all his problems. Ronald enlists two petty criminals (Ton Kas and René Van 't Hof) to rob an illegal poker tournament he's taking part in, providing him with a perfect alibi. Quick, simple and non-violent; the plan is foolproof... until people...
- 12/22/2011
- Screen Anarchy
There's something brewing in the Netherlands. Perhaps emboldened by the recent success of titles like Sint and New Kids Turbo the Dutch film industry is embracing genre oriented fare in a way they haven't in recent memory. There's the second New Kids film coming soon, of course, and Sint director Dick Maas will return to screens with Quiz while director Peter Kuijpers will soon turn in ultra dark drama Manslaughter. And now here comes writer-director Max Porcelijn with Plan C.Ronald Plasmeyer (Ruben Van Der Meer) is a small-time Amsterdam detective, struggling with financial problems because of his gambling habit. When the Chinese crime boss Hao threatens Ronald's ex-wife and son to get his money back, Ronald comes up with a plan that will solve...
- 11/11/2011
- Screen Anarchy
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