A famous game show host is being harassed in a restaurant by a strange man who claims to have kidnapped his wife and daughter. A morbid game ensues in which the game show host turns out to be the contestant.
Acting
Pierre Bokma's serene menace steals every scene.
Direction
Dick Maas squeezes 85 minutes into pure panic.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes politeness brutally.
Director
Dick Maas
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dick Maas also directed the cult classic 'Amsterdamned' (1988), making this his decades-later return to Dutch thriller.
The film satirizes Netherlands' obsession with 'De Slimste Mens' and other public humiliation-as-entertainment shows.
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