Loft Reviews

The Americans are usually the specialist of the remakes but they are not the only one lacking imagination apparently since this movie is a Dutch remake of a Belgian feature (and guess what, next year the American version is coming up!). Unfortunately, as usual when you watch first the remake, I wish I saw first the original version which seems superior. Anyway, this flick was still pretty good, especially if you consider the Dutch standards. Indeed, I liked the slick directing by Antoinette Beumer, who happens to be the older sister of Famke Janssen, and the cast was pretty good (Anna Drijver, Katja Herbers, Fedja van Huêt, Barry Atsma, Kim van Kooten, Jeroen van Koningsbrugge) even though the wifes didn’t have much to do, I’m afraid. In my opinion, the weakest of the lot was probably Jeroen van Koningsbrugge. van Koningsbrugge is a pretty famous TV personality in the Netherlands and usually a really funny guy but he wasn’t convincing in this thriller. The other thing that was rather disappointing is that even though they share a loft for their little adventures, not much happens there, as a matter of fact, two of them never brought anyone there eventually. Furthermore, even though the story was entertaining, it was still pretty far-fetched with the usual annoying twists at the end. Still, in spite of its flaws, I enjoyed the damned thing and it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in Dutch movies.