Do Not Disturb (1999)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Do not disturb |
| Original title | Do not disturb |
| Country of production | Netherlands |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1999 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Dick Maas |
| script | Dick Maas |
| production |
Laurens Geels , Dick Maas |
| music | Dick Maas |
| camera | Marc Felperlaan |
| cut | Bert Rijkelijkhuizen |
| occupation | |
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Do Not Disturb (alternatively: Do not disturb - Two eyes too much ) is a Dutch action thriller from 1999 . The director was Dick Maas , who also wrote the script, composed the music and co-produced the film.
action
The American Walter Richmond works as a manager for the pharmaceutical industry. His wife Cathryn and his ten-year-old mute daughter Melissa accompany him on a business trip to Amsterdam . Melissa happens to watch the murder of Simon Van der Molen, an attorney who worked for her father's business partner, Rudolph Hartman. It turns out that murderer Bruno Decker was hired by Hartman, who feared his lawyer might pass on background knowledge of the side effects of a newly developed drug.
Melissa flees. She first hides with the homeless Simon, then she returns to her parents. Hartman orders Decker to the hotel, where he follows Melissa. Melissa escapes into the room of the musician Billy Boy Manson, who is killed by Decker. Melissa flees through the window over the cornice and jumps from the roof of the hotel into the water. Decker has followed her until then, when the police want to put him on the roof, he too jumps off the roof, falls into a boat and is fatally injured. Melissa is pulled unconscious from the water and taken to a hospital. At the hospital, Mr. and Mrs. Richmond learn that Hartmann has falsified the test results for a drug and commissioned the murder of Van der Molen. The police assume that Hartmann personally wants to ensure that Melissa is murdered.
You use Melissa as a decoy if you want to move her to another hospital. Shortly before departure, Hartmann manages to hijack the ambulance in which Melissa is and a chase begins across Amsterdam. In a collision with a tram, the ambulance gets wedged and Melissa's father manages to jump on the vehicle and injure Hartmann until Hartmann loses control of the car. The police provide Hartmann. However, the stretcher with Melissa is thrown out of the vehicle. She slips off the road and apparently sinks into the water. However, there happens to be a boat there in which the homeless Simon is currently sleeping. Out of gratitude for saving their daughter, Simon and the Richmond family become friends.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was a “thriller that plays with European clichés and uses the winding cityscape of Amsterdam as a projection screen for fuzzy fears of what can happen to strangers from overseas in Europe”. He is "staging at a high level" and delivers "solid craft", but "without its own signature".
backgrounds
The film was shot in Amsterdam . It had its world premiere on November 4, 1999 in the Netherlands and was presented on February 25, 2000 at the Fantasporto film festival . In the Netherlands there were around 65,000 moviegoers.
Web links
- Do Not Disturb in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Do Not Disturb atRotten Tomatoes(English)