This is not an entirely bad movie; the story is told with enough care, but at the same time it really drags on many occasions and is not as intruiging as it could have been. Add to that, some plot elements are totally unnecessary and distracting, like the 'romance' stuff. Some of the line delivery and acting is painfully cringeworthy, but it's also pretty decent at points - I'm not very familiar with Rutger Hauer but he's allright here. The four kidnappers are absolute d*cks, more than just unlikeable.

It's really the overall picture that just doesn't work well. I thought the movie almost ended, but then found out that I was only a bit past the halfway mark. It's filled with wasted elements between the moments that do matter and has some real cringy stuff. It's a pity that this isn't what it could have been. It's not awful but it's not what I wanted.

I rarely watch Dutch films just because they always seem to disappoint me, but I somehow had high hopes for De Heineken Ontvoering. It was a mess, sadly. I'm pretty sure they skipped over tons of stuff, which only left me confused at the end. I probably would've been better off by reading the Wikipedia page on the kidnapping.

Hauer gives an interesting performance amidst a predictable heist formula and unlikeable leads.

The actual sentence and prior prediction of same by the perps makes the climax very dissatisfying.

Yorin mocht kiezen en hij koos dit

Entertaining and informative look at the events of 1983 when Freddy Heineken (Rutger Hauer) President of the Heineken brewing company was held captive for 3 weeks while kidnappers demanded a 35 million Guilders ransom (around £12.5 million) for his release.

It was never going to be a 'All those ... moments will be lost in time, like tears...in rain' type of a performance from Rutger, Heineken just wasn't that kind of a man. But it's worth the watch if only to see how far an extremely wealthy mans influence can reach.

Julian Assange should watch and scrutinise this film carefully should he ever plan on venturing outside the grounds of the Ecuadorian Embassy.

je zou maar ontvoerd worden en het eerste wat je zegt is “ben je helemaal besodemieterd”

Gripping crime drama based on true events, it's nicely paced and the performances are solid. Never seen a film with Rutger Hauer speaking in his own language and he's just as commanding as he is when speaking English but without the scenery-chewing.

Soms kunnen Nederlandse films goed zijn!!!!! Like, écht goed, niet alleen vermakelijk. In Nederlandse films zitten in ieder geval geen onnodige fillers. En; er werd niet eindeloos geluld in deze film, mensen waren ook wel een stil. Mooie beelden en mooie muziek, slay!!!!
De vrouwen in deze film zijn echt iconen. “Ik hou van je” “wat heb ik daar nou aan?”
Rutger Hauer, national treasure. 
Ik was trouwens ziek verward over Rem, want zijn zus heeft met Cor van Hout, dus dan is ze Sonja Holleeder, maar hij is niet Willen Holleeder?!?!!! (1,5u snapte ik daar geen kloot van, blijkt dat Rem gebaseerd is op twee mensen, waarvan 1 Willem Holleeder. Ik dacht echt dat ik gek werd lolol)

Compleet waardeloze film, waarom pretendeer je iets over een historische gebeurtenis te maken en pleur je er zoveel fictieve shit doorheen? Zelfs Roel Reiné zou het nog dichter bij de geschiedenis kunnen brengen.

Heineken heeft 1 ster op z'n flessie, deze film 1 ster op letterboxd.

It's a really interesting story but it definitely could've been executed better. Music was great, Hauer was great, but some of the other actors overplayed their role a little. Didn't particularly care for the script and it felt a little all over the place. Would've liked to see more of this story from the police perspective.

Drink every time "Rem" hits someone in the face or threatens someone.