Dutch masterpiece Black Book Blu-ray movie review

Paul Verhoeven has had strange career. He's responsible for some of the most watchable science fiction such as Robotech and Total Recall. He's also directed the only Basic Instinct, commercial success, and Show Girl, commercial flop. With Black Book he returns to Dutch root and delivers a great WWII genre epic.

The movie tells you the story of a young Jewish woman portrayed by Carice van Houten during the waning months of World War II in occupied Holland. She goes through many trials . Rest assured, she survives, but only to witness a new war. She witnesses the misery and profiteering done by greedy people during and after the war.

The acting is strong, too. In particular the heroine is not only breathtaking in her beauty and charm, but in a defining role of her career. No phoney emotions just a great performance. The other players are also solid - all the main Dutch and German characters are well played, with particular credit going to the lawyer - a wonderfully ambiguous performance.

Acting is superb, characters are good, bad, and everything in between where we cheer for some and hope for miserable death for others. It brings emotion, the occasional grin and a good bit of tension.

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