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Crime

Stronghold

- The brutal ordeal of a family held in the grip of blood crazed killers.

An isolated farmhouse is chosen as a hide-out by criminals Jim and Charlie after an armed robbery. The Deleye family are forced to accept the situation under Jim's brutal domination.

Release Date : 1985-03-14

Language :Dutch

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Kunst en KinoThe Cannon Group

Production Country : NetherlandsBelgium

Alternative Titles : Strong Hold

Cast

Hidde Maas

Character Name : Jim

Original Name : Hidde Maas

Gender : Male

Jack Monkau

Character Name : Charlie

Original Name : Jack Monkau

Gender : Male

Annick Christiaens

Character Name : Lisa

Original Name : Annick Christiaens

Gender : Female

Josse De Pauw

Character Name : Deleye

Original Name : Josse De Pauw

Gender : Male

Chris Lomme

Character Name : Sybil

Original Name : Chris Lomme

Gender : Female

Marc Van Eeghem

Character Name : Hugo

Original Name : Marc Van Eeghem

Gender : Male

Bert Onraedt

Character Name : Baby Ruben

Original Name : Bert Onraedt

Gender : Male

Werther van der Sarren

Character Name : Dalsum

Original Name : Werther van der Sarren

Gender : Male

Hans de Munter

Character Name : Ltn. Hansen

Original Name : Hans de Munter

Gender : Male

Dries Wieme

Character Name : Klipsteen

Original Name : Dries Wieme

Gender : Male

Annick Segal

Character Name : Mevr. Dalsum

Original Name : Annick Segal

Gender : Male

Marc Peeters

Character Name : Autodief

Original Name : Marc Peeters

Gender : Male

Ronny Waterschoot

Character Name : Ritmeester

Original Name : Ronny Waterschoot

Gender : Male

Roger Meeusen

Character Name : Korporaal

Original Name : Roger Meeusen

Gender : Male

Ben Van Ostade

Character Name : Soldaat

Original Name : Ben Van Ostade

Gender : Male

Reviews

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GenerationofSwine

@GenerationofSwine

2023-01-10

We need more films like this. Clearly the budget was pretty small. We saw the same cut of a helicopter swooping for no reason several times. In fact at the start, maybe within the first few minutes, we saw a lot of the same cuts of the military advancing. The locations were few, also scouted on the cheap. In fact, nothing was too over-the-top Fx wise, location wise, even extras wise. But is still managed to be tense and entertaining. In conveyed at times an extremely claustrophobic atmosphere without actually leaving the farm house. It conveyed a real sense of danger (amped up by the presence of a baby in a looming shoot out). And it was all done on the cheap... but then again it was a Dutch film from the 80s, but cheap as far as Hollywood standards go. That actually says a lot of what can be done with a limited budget, as far as entertainment goes. Instead they studios are wasting millions on extravaganzas with a divisive political message and attacking the viewers... because they lost money on them, instead of making more films like this to cover the costs. These films will never be blockbusters, but they don't need to be to recoup the expenses. Some of them, like Se7en, might be surprise hits, but studios can make a dozen or so of these to pay for one extravaganza that may or may not recoup the costs (but has a better chance if it's politics free and doesn't attack the fans).