Black Lotus
- 2023
- 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
2.9K
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An ex-special forces operative wages a one man war through the streets of Amsterdam to rescue his friend's daughter from the local crime syndicate.An ex-special forces operative wages a one man war through the streets of Amsterdam to rescue his friend's daughter from the local crime syndicate.An ex-special forces operative wages a one man war through the streets of Amsterdam to rescue his friend's daughter from the local crime syndicate.
Peter Post
- Merc Leader
- (voice)
Greta Benedetta
- Miss Mollini
- (voice)
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I went in knowing or at least suspecting this was not going to a blockbuster. Being Dutch I of course wanted to see Rico's first feature performance.
What I find most off putting is the accents of the actors. If one has to protray an American or other native Englsh speaking national, they should at least have the ability to speak the languange in the correct accent. Or just let them speak their own languange in certain scenes and not pretend to let them be American.
The action editing here and there was incoherant. In the fist action scene it was hard to follow who was who. The cinematography was ok though but I don't understand the blue darkening filter in the end scene. It was clearly day time.. Pacing was slow and in the slow moments I was checking my instagram feed more than the movie. I didn't mind the score too much.
The plot is failrly standard, nothing special. Rico's acting was actually not as bad as I feared but obviously not A-list level yet. The dialogues were pretty crappy however.
Not sure what Frank Grillo was doing in this movie but he has had his hits and misses to be honest. His acting is fine and what you would expect from him. The rest of the acting on point for... B-movies.
All in all it's one of these straight to DVD movies.
What I find most off putting is the accents of the actors. If one has to protray an American or other native Englsh speaking national, they should at least have the ability to speak the languange in the correct accent. Or just let them speak their own languange in certain scenes and not pretend to let them be American.
The action editing here and there was incoherant. In the fist action scene it was hard to follow who was who. The cinematography was ok though but I don't understand the blue darkening filter in the end scene. It was clearly day time.. Pacing was slow and in the slow moments I was checking my instagram feed more than the movie. I didn't mind the score too much.
The plot is failrly standard, nothing special. Rico's acting was actually not as bad as I feared but obviously not A-list level yet. The dialogues were pretty crappy however.
Not sure what Frank Grillo was doing in this movie but he has had his hits and misses to be honest. His acting is fine and what you would expect from him. The rest of the acting on point for... B-movies.
All in all it's one of these straight to DVD movies.
- sylvain_johan
- May 20, 2023
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Did you know
- TriviaThe scene with the tourist boat on the Amsterdam canals is a shot-for-shot homage to the exact same scene in the Dutch thriller Amsterdamned (1988), down to the nuns. The director of Amsterdamned, Dick Maas, is one of the passengers.
- GoofsThe Medal for "heroism" the Interpol officer receives is in fact the US Army Good Conduct Medal and is not awarded for heroism, but for three consecutive years of "honorable and faithful service".
- ConnectionsReferences Amsterdamned (1988)
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $781,138
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1
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