This film is the prequel to Netflix's popular Dutch crime drama "Undercover" in 2019. The male protagonist Ferry Bouman is a notorious international DP tycoon who operates and manages one of the world's largest chemical XTC (ecstasy) networks. This time the story tells the story before he became famous. Although the film is not a love movie, the director still tells a love story: Love can influence a person. . It enriches people's emotions. . Not only is life more meaningful and eBay, but it also makes people afraid to lose.
The story male protagonist Ferry Bouman ( Frank Lammers ) was middle-aged and served as a thug for a drug lord-Ralph Brink in Amsterdam. He lived well. At the same time, due to his poor relationship with his own father, he empathizes with his boss Brink as his father.
One day the boss' warehouse was robbed, Brink became angry and ordered Ferry to investigate the matter thoroughly. So the latter found that the gangster Jason Kant was suspicious through CCTV video recording. . . During the period, the male protagonist met his lover Danielle ( Elise Schaap ). . . . Since then, the male lead classmate plans to not only follow the vines to punish the offenders, but also to unearth the gangs who disclosed the information and abetted them. Unfortunately, Ferry discovered that the perpetrator was Brink's own baby son Mattijs, who was killed by man in a previous accident. At the same time, Ferry also discovered that Lars, the brother of his lover Danielle, was the third robber. . So the protagonist spared his life and concealed his boss Brink, but he had to break up with Danielle. . . . However, two months later, Danielle and her friends went to Amsterdam to have fun with Ferry.
At this time, his boss also discovered the problem from Ferry's abnormal behavior and other clues, and Ferry could only confess everything to the boss. . . . But when Brink asked Ferry to hunt down Lars, Ferry not only refused. . . Love triumphed over ambition: the male protagonist fought off Brink and left Amsterdam with his relative Danielle and his lover.
The movie shows are nothing new, in other words, Ferry is not breaking any new ground. This film, however, is enjoyable as a stand-alone crime saga, even for people who may not seen the hit Netflix series Undercover. Writers Nico Moolenaar (who also created Undercover) and Bart Uytdenhouwen carry the legacy of the series to this origin story of Ferry Bouman, with the twist that Ferry himself goes undercover as a campsite resident in order to hunt down the people who shot at his boss son. There's enough earnestness in the screenplay, but the film also looks at how, beneath the tough exterior and menacing bursts of violence, Ferry is a human being with his own flaws and insecurities.
What is more, the film constantly shifts between bursts of violence and the love story between Ferry and Danielle, but the way it does is perfectly seamless. Director Cecilia Verheyden invests Ferry with enough time and space for the characters to breathe, and if you' ve watched the original series, this film offers you enough bits to leave you satiated. The only time the film falters is during the final moments, where Ferry's destiny takes a new course. Overall, though, this film is an enjoyable potboiler.
I personally feel that as a prequel movie of a popular drama, "Undercover: Rise of Ferry" is still a fan-oriented work. . . At least he didn't change the male lead to a young and beautiful actor. The story is basically the same as the previous one. As for the others, as long as the romance of the love story and the gangster scene are enjoyable, it is qualified for the popcorn movie!
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