Ferry

This film is such a great lead in to the Undercover series. I enjoyed it immensely. Nothing spectacular, just really solid entertainment. I envy those that are introduced to the series via this film. It is perfect as a lead in to the series. Season one of Undercover is terrific.. Season two not so much but still pretty solid.

If you like the Dutch series Undercover, you like this movie for sure. I was hooked from the start, excellent character development and the movie takes you along an easy to follow story. The revelation was not expected, love it! As we say in Brabant: Da is een kei goeie film!

Admittedly this film is probably very much one for the fans of Undercover. If you aren't already familiar with Ferry from that series, you might not be as excited about this film, but if you enjoyed the series you won't feel let down by this movie prequel.

Yes, some major characters from Undercover are missing, but given that this is a prequel set a good few years before season one, it wouldn't make sense for them to be present. Instead Ferry is placed front and centre and we get a great backstory to the events that ultimately led to him being investigated in Undercover.

Chronologically you could watch this before watching Undercover, but I liked the fact that I already knew aspects of Ferry and Dani prior to watching this and Filip's cameo is definitely funnier.

It's brutal in places, as we've come to expect from Undercover, but there are also touching moments and humour too. Frank Lammers imbues a character that could very easily have been a two dimensional monster with a degree of sympathy. If Undercover continues (and I hope it will), we don't know if Ferry will make another appearance, so this is potentially us saying goodbye to him. I'll definitely watch this again.

This is a prequel to the very good Netflix series Undercover of which I've just watched the first season and plan on watching season two very soon .

A ruthless Ferry Bouman is sent to his native region of Brabant by his boss Brink to avenge an attack on their gang. When he meets the lovely Danielle and old family feuds resurface, Brabant starts to pierce his steel armour.

Is this any better than the series ? No It's pretty much told in the same way of the show but without the undercover aspect of it and that's why it's not quite as good .

Don't get me wrong , I enjoyed it for what it was . Frank Lammers is great as Ferry and was told to lose some weight for the film as he's obviously a little younger than the Ferry we know .

He's still violent and has very little regard for life but he has that twinkle in his eye that makes not totally hate him .

I'm not sure this would totally work for someone who hasn't seen the show so if you're planning on watching this , at least watch season one , first .

You won't regret it.

Ferry is to Undercover series, what Saul Goodman is to Breaking Bad. The soul. Enjoy it.