During his 50th birthday party thrown by his wife, Remco's life takes a turn for the worse. His business partners are scheming behind his back to sell him and his former mistress shows up pregnant.
Direction
Verhoeven's surgical precision with sleaze—every zoom hits.
Writing
Tightly wound script, no scene wasted at 55 minutes.
Acting
Peter Blok's sweating desperation is almost tactile.
Director
Paul Verhoeven
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Verhoeven made this as part of Dutch TV anthology 'Tricked: The Series,' letting audiences vote on plot directions—yet the theatrical cut is pure auteur vision.
Considered Verhoeven's 'practice round' before Elle—both dissect entitled men through female vengeance, but this one's meaner and hungrier.
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