Not bad, not bad at all, with a bit of humor here and there coming from Willie Wartaal from the hip-hop band De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig. It is stated as the Dutch Tarantino but I wont go that far. Therefor we don't have enough blood and nudity. In fact, there isn't any flesh to see in Black Out.

The editing was rather good and it is in fact that part with the voice over that refers to the Tarantino style. It isn't a grindhouse or an exploitation. It's just a flick about mobsters. What also is worth mentioning is the make-up used for the death people and surely for the corpse at the beginning of this flick.

You will see some references to Pulp Fiction and of course the two nasty girls also brings back the Kill Bill feeling but for me those two girls didn't work out here in Black Out. They never are the though rough girls going out for a kill. I would like to mention the performance of Raymond Thiry (Jos Vreeswijk), he really was believable.

Good story and acting, well filmed and edited (the accident with the car of Jos and a police car is worth mentioning). Never as brutal as a Tarantino flick but still it offers a few good scene's and situations.

Gore 1,5/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 3/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 1,5/5

Jos (Raymond Thiry) a former cocaine dealer gone straight, wakes up in bed with a man laying dead next to him and a gun by his side. He doesn't remember anything as he has a "blackout" of the recent past. He knows however that tomorrow he is supposed to get married to Caroline (Kim van Kooten). Her father Rudolf (Ursul de Geer) objects to the wedding. He is also the lawyer fro crime boss Charles (Edmond Classen).

Jos previously worked with Bobbie (Bas Keijzer) a muscle head and Inez (Renee Fokker) a street cocaine expert and walking human scale. Before Jos can disposed of the body he is picked up by a gay Russian mobster (Simon Armstrong) who wants to know where his 20 kilos of cocaine have gone. Likewise politically incorrect policeman Andre (Alex van Warmerdam) is on the case.

This is a low budget Dutch grindhouse with English subtitles. The plot develops levels of complexity as our main character attempts to get his hand on 20 kilos before his deadline, all the while Caroline is getting ready for their wedding. The film has elements of humor throughout. For instance two over-the-top hit-women discuss the lack of female mob boss role models in the movies.

Definitely worth watching for Dutch indie grindhouse fans.

Jos Vreeswijk (Raymond Thiry) is a former criminal who wakes up with a gun and a dead man next to him. It's the morning before his wedding to innocent Caroline and his black out leaves him with spotty memory. He is accused of stealing 20 kilos of coke by gay gangster Vlad Omskorski. He has to recover the drugs before it puts Caroline in danger. He reconnects with former running mates; muscle-head Bobbie and coke genius Coca Inez.

This is yet another Guy Ritchie wannabe gangster crime movie. It has some of the style, quite a bit of the energy, but it lacks a charismatic lead. He's more of a stiff henchman type. The story is convoluted which is the norm for this type of movie. It just doesn't have the originality. It's all very familiar and not in a good way.