Night Run (2006)

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

In many countries, taxi drivers and companies are involved in suspicious events and deals, but it is usually characteristic to less developed countries, it is hard to believe such things happening in present Holland... Anyway, the logic of the plot is in place, but many scenes and twists are predictable, paving the way for ambivalent ending. Apart from the main character Dennis (pleasantly performed by Frank Lammers), the rest are too trivial or documentary, providing no surprises. You just follow the events on screen, mostly knowing or presuming what happens next, but thanks to length (ca 1,5 hours), the film ends before becoming boring/annoying.Having see dozens of Dutch films, I cannot include it into the best ones. On the other hand, taxi drivers or related persons might appreciate it more.

Usually I like Dutch movies, but this one not so much. I like the concept of a real event poured into a dramatized film. The start of the taxi war was described nicely and I liked the way the brothers and the other taxi drivers were portrayed, quite realistic although a bit stereotypical.I didn't understand however why the loan shark thugs approached him in a similar fashion three times. I got the point the first time. And there was a mob trashing a car in a similar fashion twice.The subplot was unnecessary and made me dislike the lead character even more after due to his fault his brother ended up in the hospital while he was banging his wife. Besides that, the lead character was way too ugly to believe a woman that beautiful would have an affair with him.

As a Dutch guy myself i immediately had a connection with this movie because this is a home grown movie.. I like the story and i like the actors in this movie. The main character is a taxi driver and his brother fix the cars in their own garage. They have a dream about starting a Limo taxi service, but they don't have enough money to start this! The most important thing to start this is having a license and they don't have this either. He drives for a taxi company with his own car, that is a bit junkie. When he does not get what he want's from his boss, he joins another local taxi company to work night shifts and he is being connected to a loaner for a new car. Now the misery starts to evolve, and nothing will be the same. On a certain point in the movie you think where is the progression, but on the other hand it will explain a lot. This brothers wife of the main character is a very good looking lady and i am so glad they casted her for this role. I'll be watching this movie again some time, very good!

I am in awe. Normally not a big fan of Dutch films, went to this one because my date is a taxi driver, and being the good girl I am, I agreed to go see it.Wow. The acting, the cinematographic, the music, the setting, the dialogs...it just all came together beautifully. The end was a bit of a shock for me (though any other ending wasn't possible, but the main character is so likable and so real that you just don't want it to end this way and you'll stay in the dark who did it. Just go see! Come on, why are you still sitting there? Go! Go! And let me know what you think of this movie.