Kidnapping Mr. Heineken, directed by David Alfredson (The Girl Who Who Played with Fire), tells the true story of how, in 1983, a group of friends successfully kidnapped the wealthy beer mogul Freddy Heineken (yep, that Heineken), played by Sir Anthony Hopkins. If you're not familiar with the account -- which was also adapted into a book in 1987 and a movie starring Rutger Hauer in 2011 -- I won't spoil the outcome. I will say though, as an actual event, the story is pretty fascinating. As a movie? It has its moments, but ultimately the abduction of one of the world's most powerful men is not as thrilling as you might think.
Jim Sturgess (21) and Sam Worthington (Avatar) star as the criminal ringleaders, Cor Van Hout (Sturgess) and Willem Holleeder (Worthington), who put together a team of would-be lawbreakers, played by Ryan Kwanten (True Blood), Mark van Eeuwen (Goede tijden, slechte tijden) and newcomer Thomas Cocquerel. Desperate and out of work, the guys stage a bank robbery -- and get away with it -- but it's not enough. Instead of divvying up the cash, they decide to invest their loot into pulling off the kidnapping of a century.
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