Finally, a worthy lead role for Dutch comedy genius Ruben van der Meer, though this comedy is pretty bleak, dark and melancholic. I've read that 'Plan C' is supposed to be the 'Dutch answer' (intentionally or not, I don't know) to the undisputed 'Fargo', even if that would be quite late... Well, it wouldn't be hard to make a long list of similarities between the two (soundtrack, cinematography, characters, black humor, plot details), but this one more than decently holds its own.
Actors René van 't Hof (much underrated in many reviews), Ton Kas, Kees Hulst (also underrated) and of course van der Meer deliver brilliant parts that make any comparison to 'Fargo' rather irrelevant. The soundtrack works quite well, too, although there, the comparison to 'Fargo' is a bit too obvious (with the exception of the songs in the beginning and the end). The story of lead character Ronald Plasmeyer - a cop with a whole string of problems who's only getting in deeper - isn't original in its premise, but the twist in the middle (when he's suddenly on a winning streak and wants to call off the robbery) worked wonderfully. I'm not sure how much I liked how things went from there, but it was certainly good enough - especially with this cast of characters. The dialogue (and monologue) in the beginning ranged from pretty crappy to nothing special, but soon after they starting picking up nicely, the best lines being delivered Kas' character Bram.
A thoroughly enjoyable crime caper from the land of cheese (among other things). A good 8 out of 10.
Actors René van 't Hof (much underrated in many reviews), Ton Kas, Kees Hulst (also underrated) and of course van der Meer deliver brilliant parts that make any comparison to 'Fargo' rather irrelevant. The soundtrack works quite well, too, although there, the comparison to 'Fargo' is a bit too obvious (with the exception of the songs in the beginning and the end). The story of lead character Ronald Plasmeyer - a cop with a whole string of problems who's only getting in deeper - isn't original in its premise, but the twist in the middle (when he's suddenly on a winning streak and wants to call off the robbery) worked wonderfully. I'm not sure how much I liked how things went from there, but it was certainly good enough - especially with this cast of characters. The dialogue (and monologue) in the beginning ranged from pretty crappy to nothing special, but soon after they starting picking up nicely, the best lines being delivered Kas' character Bram.
A thoroughly enjoyable crime caper from the land of cheese (among other things). A good 8 out of 10.