Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- tense
- grounded
- paranoid
- true crime night
- crime thriller marathon
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
It dramatizes the kidnapping of Heineken and grounds the criminal plot in Dutch social and legal circumstances.
The faulty Dutch-French extradition treaty prevents a Dutch trial and redirects the fugitives into a cross-border pursuit.
Heineken's cash is dispersed across St. Martin to drive Rem and Cor toward the island border.
Rem's motivation is rooted in his family's nightmare after his father's alcohol-related employment collapse.
Films like The Heineken Kidnapping, and why
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
shared true-crime kidnapping premise, procedural tension, and criminal ensemble dynamics
Ransom
shared crime-thriller focus on a high-profile abduction, ransom pressure, and escalating police pursuit
The Bank Job
shared grounded crime drama treatment of an elaborate kidnapping and its unstable perpetrators
Movie Details
- Director
- Maarten Treurniet
- Release Date
- 2011-10-27
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (74)
Cast
- Rutger Hauer
- Reinout Scholten van Aschat
- Gijs Naber
- Teun Kuilboer
- Korneel Evers
- Menno van Beekum
- Marcel Hensema
- Laurie Reijs
- Sallie Harmsen
- Marjolein Keuning
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Heineken Kidnapping about?
- A Dutch true-crime thriller follows an ambitious young criminal who upgrades a planned abduction into the kidnapping of beer magnate Alfred Heineken.
- What is The Heineken Kidnapping like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Heineken Kidnapping as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Heineken Kidnapping violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Heineken Kidnapping as mild.
- Which films are like The Heineken Kidnapping?
- Films with a similar feel include Kidnapping Mr. Heineken, Ransom, and The Bank Job.
- How long is The Heineken Kidnapping?
- The Heineken Kidnapping runs 120 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Heineken Kidnapping?
- In United States, The Heineken Kidnapping is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
