Product Details

• Actors: Huub Stapel, Egbert Jan Weeber, Tygo Gernandt, Angela Schijf, Mads Wittermans
• Directors: Pieter Kuijpers
• Producers: Godforsaken! ( Van God Los ) ( Stir Crazy ), Godforsaken!, Van God Los, Stir Crazy
• Format: Import, PAL, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: RCV
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000II39QQ

Editorial Reviews

Netherlands released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: Dutch ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), Dutch ( Dolby DTS 5.1 ), Dutch ( Subtitles ), English ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, SYNOPSIS: Pieter Kuijpers' psychological thriller Van God Los (Godforsaken) concerns a 17 year old named Stan. Stan is unhappy about his life with his distant but rich stepfather. Stan befriends Maikel, a dangerous criminal, and Maikel's alluring girlfriend, Anna. The two take Stan on a crime spree that grows more and more brutal. The story is based on actual events about one of the most infamous criminals in the history of Holland. ...Godforsaken! ( Van God Los ) ( Stir Crazy )

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Dutch Masters, April 11, 2008

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MICHAEL ACUNA (Southern California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Godforsaken (DVD)

Godforsaken: deserted by God, outside the Love of God, refused and reviled by God, Pieter Kuipjer's film is bursting with Life, with Death, Murder, Mayhem and Kuijper's characters live in the world but are not really a part of it.
Mike (mascara'd, scary, violent, a murderer, a brazen, stupid thief portrayed by Tygo Gernhardt) thinks that he is a wise guy but he is merely playing a part: a part ascribed to him by his meager circumstances. He's a petty, not particularly bright crook who kills for money, is on the 3rd or 4th level of Crookdom who one day comes in contact with wide-eyed, handsome young sensitive guy, Stan (Egbert-Jan Weeber) who is ripe for the picking by anyone who is willing to give him some attention and love. Stan is without direction, without a code of ethics: waiting for someone to fill in the blanks. Unfortunately, Mike steps up and embraces Stan as both a brother and a partner in crime.
"Godforsaken" is all about outsiders, whose horrible private lives give them the impetus to act out: kill, maim, and steal. But all that Mike and Stan involve themselves with or more to the point get involved in is low class: trailer park-level mayhem. Director Kuijper's mise-en-scene is filled with the detritus of their pathetic lives: divorced or absent parents, lives without the basics: honor, respect and a reverence for Life.
"Godforsaken" is physically beautiful as well as morally ambiguous. It is like a handsome man or beautiful woman who, anointed by society with special powers and entitlements, are without the moral compass to do the right thing so they do anything they wish seemingly without a conscience to guide them.

2 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars sex,blood,murdering, October 31, 2007

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Michael Kerjman - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Godforsaken (DVD)

A good boy, a son of dentist, befriended a bad boy with all sex/crime-related consequences just to kill his friend and be killed imminently by their crime-follower.

It is a dynamic, sexy, terribly cynic work of modern Holland.