An exciting tale of espionage

Rating: 10/10 (4 May 2008)

When I think of a Paul Verhoeven film, I think of excitement - Total Recall, Flesh+Blood, Robocop, etc. He hits another home run with this tale of the Dutch resistance against the Nazis and the sacrifice made by one woman (Carice van Houten) to avenge the death of her family. Van Houten, who we will see again as Tom Cruise's wife in Valkyrie (although we will certainly not see her to the extent that we saw here here), was magnificent and really made this picture. There was a superb cast of supporting characters that made Gerard Soeteman's and Verhoeven's story come alive on the screen. Nobody stand out like Van Houten, and she made this one of the best film experiences of the year.