Black Book Review (2006)

*** - I don't get to see a lot of movies nowadays due to school and working on improving my horrible backyard. So many of these reviews will be for older movies that you might have missed when they were originally released ***

Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Carice van Houten - Rachel Stein/Ellis de Vries
Sebastian Koch - Ludwig Muntze
Thom Hoffman - Hans Akkermans

Stolen Plot Write-up (From IMDB)

In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.

My Lame Point of View

Yeah! Everyone's favorite exploitative, dutch director is back after a six year "retirement" from Hollywood. Don't you love when people always say they are going to retire and then realize that they cant get away from what they love and come back the next year. *cough* Brett Favre *cough*

Well technically Verhoeven stuck to his guns for the most part and made a movie in his native country the Netherlands that eventually was sent to the U.S. But enough with all this useless trivia.

Alright, So the movie takes place in the Netherlands, where a Jewish girl, Rachel Stein, is trying to escape her homeland before those damn Nazis invade. One night a man comes to her hiding spot and tells her that there is a boat that can smuggle them out of the country for a little somethin' somethin'...I'm talking about money of course. The girl is able to meet up with her family (also in hiding in a different location) and reach the dock where the boat is. Unfortunately for them a Nazi patrol boat is in the area and kills everyone on the boat except for Rachel, who escapes.

After her near fatal run in with the Germans, Rachel is rescued by members of a resistance group who are trying to overthrow the gestapo. The leader of the resistance believes that Rachel can use her titties to infiltrate and seduce the head German officer Muntze which will help eliminate those nasty Germans. Will Muntze's penis will control his better judgement and lead to the downfall of the Germans in the Netherlands? Will Rachel Stein fall in love with the German Officer? Is there something more sinister behind the resistance that we don't know about? Why the fuck is this movie called Black Book in the first place?

I guess you will just have to find out...

Violence

So when you rent a Paul Verhoeven movie you are assured of one thing. Violence. Like many of his previous movies (Total Recall, Robocop, Hollow Man) Black Book delivers with people getting shot left and right in the head, arms, legs, you name it.

Naughty Areas

So when you rent a Paul Verhoeven movie you are assured of two things. One is Violence. Two is naked people. Black Book was no different with showing a lot of titties, some dyed bush and for the ladies...a fat guy and his limp dick. Enjoy

How Drunk Must You Be To Watch

Honestly, not at all. It has everything from violence, nakedness and an actual decent story. You could enjoy this sober as Lindsay Lohan after her 12th visit to rehab, but to make it safe you should have at least one beer.