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List Price: $14.94
Our Price: $11.99
Your Save: $ 2.95 ( 20% )
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus
Directed By: Paul Verhoeven
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396184954
Format: AC-3
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: 2007-09-25
Running Time: 146
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
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In the darkest days of World War II, Jewish fugitives attempt to escape occupied Holland – only to face a Nazi ambush. Rachel Stein (Carice van Houten) alone survives the attack and joins the Dutch Resistance to avenge her family. She soon confronts the ultimate test: she must infiltrate German headquarters by tempting Captain Ludwig Mÿntze (Sebastian Hoch). In the heat of passion, he uncovers her duplicity...but keeps her secret. Then Rachel's espionage reveals that a murderous traitor lurks within Resistance ranks. Unable to fully trust anyone, Rachel navigates a minefield of deception and becomes an enemy to both sides. Epic, passionate, breathtaking, Black Book relates an untold story of World War II where the distinctions between good and evil become blurred by the complexities of human nature.
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Summary: VERY GOOD MOVIE
Comment: this is a very intriguing movie with a great storyline. also, i believe it is based on an actual event. the action scenes do get a little unbelievable, however the main movie theme is delivered in great fashion. that theme would be that it is hard to know who to trust in a wartime situation. who was really on your side and who was not. it is taking place during german occupation of holland during ww2. i highly recommend this movie.
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Summary: WWIIrom European view
Comment: This is an excellent film, taking place in Holland in the closing days of WWII it shows the chaos, betrayal, and desperation in the waning hours of the war. Well shot, acted, and with a view from the European occupied view this film is a must see.
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Summary: Unstoppable adrenaline!
Comment: Paul Verhoeven has built another epic portrait of the Dutch resistance. After his well reminded "Soldier of orange", this time the story focuses around the lives and times of Rachel Stein (Carice von Houten) who will have to face the horror to presence the painful slaughter of her own family, after being ambushed.
She will join with a resistance command and she will have to get inside the entrails of the Nazi Army using her intuition and something else to achieve the final purpose.
A thrilling and moving film that will capture your full attention from start to finish. Powerful realism, admirable stages, engaging tension al the way through, fluid dialogues and fine direction will involve you.
Without hesitation, one of the bet films of the year.
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Summary: Great Film, somewhat stereotypes Christians like Jews were
Comment: This film really fleshed out occupied Holland from someone who was there. It was thrilling and fast paced. The plot was in one place somewhat implausible. I think the German officer would have told the girl to disappear no matter how much he loved her. But that would spoil a beautiful film.
I speak to the director: Why on earth do you use the same stereotypes that eventually killed 6 million Jews to create your Christian characters? Yes, the director's commentary says there really was a girl made to recite scripture before she could eat oatmeal in hiding, but I will bet there was really a hook-nosed selfish Jewish banker in history. You would have to scour the world to find such an idiot Christian. We don't portray a Jewish banker because it is bigotry. Europe already rants about fundamentalists and Christians in blogs. I also found it utterly implausible that a Christian resistance fighter would sit by while the heroine was being beaten to death not shooting until the collaborator swore, even after the other resistance fighter was already incapacitated. Yes, you tell us in your commentary that a Christian resistance fighter did not shoot until a Nazi swore, but you added a women being beaten. A Christian guy would protect her. This once again shows bigotry and stereotyping. Europeans just about want to kill Christians right now if you read their blogs. Jews were blamed for capitulation in WWI, and now Christians are falsely blamed for Iraq. I loved this film for the story though.
I disagree in the commentary that we as Americans were terrorists in WWII and Vietnam. We DID target military sites in WWII and Vietnam, it was not terror. Auschwitz was terror. But we even were not allowed to target Shell oil refineries in Vietnam. They broke every bone in our officers' bodies. And after we left South East Asia, 2,000,000 people were killed by Pol Pot and in reeducation camps. Simply a No-Fly Zone to inforce the North Vietnamese adherence to the peace treaty would have saved 2 million allies without a full war.
I did not agree with the comparison to Guantanamo in the commentary. These detainees were trying to kill us and prisoners are normally held until the end of the war. About a hundred released prisoners already returned to the battlefield to try and kill us again.
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Summary: Excellent film, terrible cover art
Comment: I just watched this OnDemand, and made me want to see "Soldier Of Orange" again. Unfortunately, when I came to Amazon to check availability, the cover art looks like the horrible Michael Douglas/Melanie Griffith stinker "Shining Through". As always, like almost all Verhoeven films, this is well crafted and gripping. Highly recommended
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