Enigmatic Dutch crime lord Mirko is always a step ahead of the national police team. When Mirko's gang are forced to kill Russian mob baron Jegor's cousin Oleg, the cops hope their time has come. Both sides resort to dirty tricks, testing loyalties and using the antagonists' daughters and independent pimp Aziz for blackmail, which makes several bloody victims.
Acting
Jeroen Willems' Mirko — charming, terrifying, always three moves ahead.
Writing
Cops and criminals equally ruthless; no clean hands to root for.
Director
Simon de Waal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jeroen Willems, who plays Mirko, was primarily a stage actor; this rare film lead became one of his final screen performances before his death in 2012.
The film adapts the true 2000s IRT scandal where Dutch police informants committed murders with state knowledge—making the 'dirty cop' premise uncomfortably close to reality.
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