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From: Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com>
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Subject: iHostage
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2025 22:36:45 -0400
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I know that "no one has Netflix" but, just in case anyone gets it in the 
near future, I thought I'd write about iHostage, one of their new 
offerings.

It's a movie, not a series, and it runs for 1 hour 42 minutes. It's a 
re-enactment of something that really happened in Amsterdam, at the 
Apple Store, in 2022. (I don't recall seeing anything about this in the 
news.)

You won't recognize anyone in it unless perhaps you follow Dutch cinema. 
Although the film is set in the Netherlands with most of the characters 
being Dutch, quite a bit of the dialog is in English. You'll still want 
the English subtitles though for the Dutch dialog. I would have lost 
important bits of the story if I hadn't done that.

In a nutshell, a guy walks into the Apple Store, pulls out a submachine 
gun and demands that everyone in the store stands still. In the ensuing 
panic, which is made worse when he fires some warning shots, most of the 
customers and staff either flee the store or run upstairs to hide on the 
second floor, which the gunman someone fails to notice. However, four 
people hide in a closet on the ground floor and one guy is caught in the 
open, becoming the lone hostage of the gunman (as far as he knows). The 
police are notified, set up a cordon around the square where the store 
is located, and call their equivalent of SWAT. The gunman reveals that 
he has an explosive vest and demands a negotiator.

I'll leave the rest for you to discover.

IMDB gives it only a 6/10. The reviews at IMDB range from 1/10 to 9/10 
so clearly there are people who really liked it and others who were 
underwhelmed. I rather liked it myself.

Be sure to watch the first bit of the end credits to learn about the 
aftermath of this event.

-- 
Rhino