It was very exciting, every minute. However, way over the top, too much unrealistic action. Performance of the actors was amazing though
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Exciting but over the top
stefleijten4 December 2019
Great comedy series!
Rogermex21 January 2020
Not that I won't keep watching the thing to the very end, but . . .
It starts off as an interesting crime/drugs/thriller/gangsters streamer, BUT, and this is a big BUT - before long it devolves into a totally ridiculous melodrama. By Season 3 you won't believe how many times you hear characters say "I'm sorry" and then screw everything up. No one doesn't screw up or get screwed up.
Grandma has a remarkable hairdo style. Baldy "Berry," - top thug. "Luther"? - Mystery dude with a real "servant with a crush" complex.
Ultimately, it's like a Laurel & Hardy epic - "Well, this is another fine mess you've gotten me into!"
Serious killings and intrigue, but in the back of your mind you'll be chuckling.
It starts off as an interesting crime/drugs/thriller/gangsters streamer, BUT, and this is a big BUT - before long it devolves into a totally ridiculous melodrama. By Season 3 you won't believe how many times you hear characters say "I'm sorry" and then screw everything up. No one doesn't screw up or get screwed up.
Grandma has a remarkable hairdo style. Baldy "Berry," - top thug. "Luther"? - Mystery dude with a real "servant with a crush" complex.
Ultimately, it's like a Laurel & Hardy epic - "Well, this is another fine mess you've gotten me into!"
Serious killings and intrigue, but in the back of your mind you'll be chuckling.
Only if you've seen the series
jos-10730 December 2019
Not bad but both storyline and some of the actions/situations are not very realistic. One long last episode. Glad they didn't make this into a final series.
Only go watch if you've seen and liked the series and want to add the 'final chapter'.
Totally unrealistic
dzeilstra2 April 2020
I have more than once been disappointed by a film that is supposed to be some kind of summary or closure of a successful series. I enjoyed Penoza a lot as it was broadcast as a series. Nice actors, nice plot and everything within the limits of what one is prepared to accept as "for real". Not so this movie. Although the actors are the same, and still good, the story goes lightyears beyond what would be a scenario in in Holland in even a gangsters wildess dreams. Even in countries with a higher rate of criminal activity than The Netherlands the depicted events are totally unrealistic and over the top. A pity, it spoils the movie which deserves a better story line.
Disappointment
oqmartens30 April 2020
Great Movie!!
svangeel5 December 2019
Needlessly silly ending of a somewhat alright series
botmanm12 March 2020
Bad acting (apart from Monique Hendrickx), bad recording locations (it's clearly Spain, not Mexico). Dutch actors playing non-Dutch characters. Story quickly made up to make some extra cinema revenues. Whole plot lacks credibility. Left a bitter taste after enjoying the tv-series for a couple of years.
Good movie!
sasjeh4 December 2019
Didn't have to be made
matthijsleenen3 December 2019
Bad writing
r-lekatompessy7 June 2020
Over the top...
postvoorberti3 July 2020
I liked the first series of Penoza. It was pretty succesful so they desided to do series 2-5. Which went from good to very mediocre. And then came this movie... What were they thinking? This is completely over the top nonsense. I do not recommend it.
Vendettas galore among Mexican drug cartel families
clanciai14 November 2022
This is actually the last act of a rather extensive drama of Mexican family drug cartels involved in endless vendetta operations, having great difficulties in killing each other. If you haven't seen the previous acts, you will be rather overwhelmed and confused by the goings-on here, as you only see the end of the stories without the stories. Nevertheless, even without its four preceding acts, the last act is fascinating and engaging enough, especially because of the main character, the black widow herself, who performs a marvellous act of sustained and well controlled fury, grief, despair, anxiety, love and passion, with even an overwhelming tenderness and concern for her family. In the beginning you find her in an obscure cafeteria in a dark corner of Canada in winter at an odd job as an anonymous employee, but her past catches up with her, and in a brawl she is exposed by news sensationalists as the 'black widow' who everyone thought dead years ago. She is brought to trial in Holland, this is a Dutch film, but you will probably see it dubbed into any other language. It was a great box office success, and it is thrilling and fascinating indeed, like a very late noir of astronomical proportions - when all is settled and all vendettas seem to be done with, there will still be one more casualty too much.
What a disappointment
ddemaa16 June 2020
Jezus christ, what did I just watch. Poorly written, bad acting, cheap action. Don't know where to start. Why in the world was this released after such a great series. What a shame. The person who wrote this film should immediatly find another job. The over-the-top action, the extremely bad dialogue, the unrealistic behaviour of charachters. Unbelievable.
Bad, just bad
fde_raad7 June 2020
Bit of a bummer
barwin830 November 2019
Worst Dutch movie ever
nielshermsen4 June 2020
Disappointment
bramveldkamp28 December 2019
Although the series was just great. The movie felt like a try to be even greater.... It didn't. The start was good, but the story line sucked big time and the acting was poorly. The movie got worse and worse because of the unrealistic events. I lost my belief in the original succes of the series. Van Zon.. Are you kidding me!! In summary it was over the top and a waste of energy.. Unfortunately the team didn't pit any effort in presenting a good storyline. It was simpel and way to easy. The characters chooses were making the characters seem stupid.
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