Sabah Hensley
This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
Nicole
I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
Cheryl
A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
Nick Duguay
Amsterdamned is a wonderful late eighties artistic slasher film that suffers from a rather unfortunate title. Although it was made in the Netherlands, it has all the trappings and style of a giallo piece. Honestly if it weren't for the location and language I could have easily taken it for giallo. Speaking of the location, excellent use is made of the canals, especially during one hectic chase scene- which although long, is never boring, and kept me absolutely riveted. The canals and the city of Amsterdam also create a very palpable atmosphere which really brings the entire film up a notch. In fact, it reminds me a lot of the film Don't Look Now. In addition are the meticulously decorated sets common to euro-horror and giallo. Amsterdamned is a fun, tight, and thrilling horror film that can be enjoyed by fans of both giallo and American slashers alike.
Irene Hervey
This movie was a big surprise to me. I expected only some possibly passable time-waster that might be a giallo or a secret agent film. And with subtitles in English it barely seemed worth my time. But this film is a remarkable chase film with stunts worthy of a bigger budget film. The boat chase is truly remarkable and one wonders how the director, writer, producer, music composer Dick Maas was able to accomplish all this working outside of Hollywood. The film screens like a giallo and secret agent mixture with a touch of horror thrown in at the end. The shock scenes are effectively produced for maximum effect and the story line, while fairly simple, adds up nicely at the end. The atmospheric scenes in the sewers of Amsterdam are extremely well handled. The film is long but doesn't feel so because it is so well paced. The leading lady, who looks like Senta Berger's twin sister, and the leading man, although unknown to film audiences over here do a creditable job. The film has a great deal of energy and is a real edge of your seat thriller. Hats off to the creator of this. I am going now to find out what else of his I might be able to see.
acidburn-10
Now I can't believe that this little gem has passed me by for so long, especially being a big fan of slashers and giallo movies, well this was a nice treat and it's appealing enough and just when you thought you've seen everything that this genre has to offer, "Amsterdamned" puts a unique spin on things by featuring a killer dressed in scuba diving gear swimming around the canals of Amsterdam looking for his next victim.It's all well paced, being mainstream enough for thriller fans and yet gruesome e and sleazy enough for horror fans. That is also dozens of red herrings that keeps the viewer interested enough to keep watching up until the final reveal which okay can be a bit of a cop out, but the dozens of stunts that were handled very well, and when the killer pops out of the water to claim its next victim, it is genially scary and given the fact that he can do this and escape easily into the canals does add a sense of danger to the proceedings and makes everything a lot more tense and frightening.The main central character Vissor played brilliantly by Huub Stabel who's trying to solve this case before the killer strikes again and also has the best scene in the movie with the speed boat chase, which was exciting and thrilling at the same time, and will always be an iconic memorable scene. This movie also uses the beautiful city of Amsterdam to its full effect showing all the beautiful sights and scenery. Another standout performance was Serge-Henri Valcke who clearly steals the show with his funny comedic elements, which adds a touch of greatness to this movie.All in all "Amsterdamned" is a great watch and is a definite highlight in the giallo genre and has a great mix of everything and plus a really cool killer.
chaos-rampant
Initially I thought I would like this. In the credit sequence that opens this, a curious camera emerges from underwater to steal illicit glimpses of the neon Amsterdam night. The colors are bright and soft, and they bleed into a night of unspoken promise. Combined with this, the grisly murder (of a prostitute in skintight leotard, this fundamentally 80's of slasher movie beings) that follows made me anticipate an Argento or DePalma.Alas, it is not. We don't get the adventurous camera that embarks upon discoveries of psychosexual violence, or even a second rate giallo, instead we get a hackneyed police proceedural.We get a car chase and a boat chase through the canals, in the hope that they will inject excitement. Instead, they bore me with their 'action flick' tedium. We also see a boat singlehandedly towed away by one man in scuba gear, then sunk (with a knife?).The resolution of this stuns with its badness, with its cheesy, cheap ideas of twists and revenge. Cop things on 80's TV were more intelligent than this.
