An average movie

To be honest, I wasn't expecting much from this flick but since it was directed by Dick Maas and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, ever since Maas came back in the Netherlands after he didn't manage to break through in the US, his recent movies have all been rather underwhelming and this one was not an exception, I'm afraid. At least, I have to admit that the concept did have some potential but it was just so poorly developed. First of all, I just didn't care for the tone, this mix of comedy and horror was just lame and it should have been a terrifying gore horror flick. Then, the CGI lion looked just awful. In fact, it was hardly surprising since they had only a 3 million dollar budget which was obviously not enough to deliver a convincing CGI character. Finally, the damned thing was just too long and repetitive. Basically, they discover that there is a lion in Amsterdam right from the start and they spend the whole movie trying to kill the damned thing. And they keep trying over and over again. Surprisingly, they didn't even try to explain how it ended up in this city which shows how lazy the damned thing was. Of course, in 'Jaws', they never explained how the shark ended up there because it was plausible. However, to follow the same approach with a lion in Amsterdam was just misguided because this scenario was much more unlikely. Anyway, to conclude, pretty much nothing worked in this movie and I don't think it is really worth a look. 

5/10