Intensive Care (1991 film)

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Intensive Care
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Dorna van Rouveroy
Written by	Ruud Den Dryver (writer), Hans Heijnen (screenplay)
Starring	Koen Wauters George Kennedy Nada van Nie Michiel Hess
Cinematography	Jan van den Nieuwenhuijzen
Edited by	Sharon V.L. Brown Ton Ruys
Music by	Paul Natte
Release date	November 1, 1991 (1991-11-01)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Netherlands
Language	Dutch

Intensive Care is a 1991 Dutch action horror exploitation film directed by Dorna van Rouveroy. It stars popular Flemish singer Koen Wauters^[1] in his second and final film role and Hollywood actor George Kennedy. While the movie was not a box office success it did develop a cult following over the decades due to it being hilariously bad and campy.^[2]^[3] It has been shown during the Belgian-Dutch Nacht van de Wansmaak film festival.

Plot

The famous surgeon Dr. Bruckner suffers a car accident, which leaves him horribly burned and puts him into a coma for seven years. When he awakes at New Years' Night he starts a murdering rampage. As the plot progresses he stalks a girl named Amy, her boyfriend Peter and Amy's brother Bobby and tries to enter their house, while the friends try to fence him off.

Cast

George Kennedy as Dr. Bruckner
Koen Wauters as Peter
Nada van Nie as Amy
Michiel Hess as Bobby
Dick van den Toorn as Ted
Jules Croiset as Dr. Horvath
Huub Scholten as Inspector Eddy
Nora Tilley as Rose
Arthur Boni as Steven
Dolf de Vries as Hank
Barbara Barendrecht as Shirley
Fred Florusse as John
Simone Dresens as Christine
Fred Van Kuyk as Inspector Fox
Luc Theeboom as Bert

Reception

The film failed to make a large profit, despite having the hugely popular teen idol Koen Wauters in the starring role, and was demolished by the critics. De Volkskrant reviewed it as: "A movie where every aspect goes so disastrously wrong that it almost seems like a parody." ^[4] The Dutch version quickly gained a cult following due to its poor acting, unconvincing special effects, and (according to some Dutch traditionalists) bad English pronunciation by Kennedy's co-star Jules Croiset, and a plot hole-ridden story.^[2] The car accident that puts the surgeon into a coma has many unexplained explosions. For reasons that are never explained the surgeon goes on a murdering spree and manages to survive numerous attacks that would horribly injure any normal person. To top it all off the actor who played him before the accident (George Kennedy) is now obviously replaced by a different actor, covered in bandages. In one of the most infamous scenes, in the Dutch version, the girl's boyfriend lies on the floor, bleeding due to stab wounds, which causes her to remark: "Moet ik een pleister voor je halen? Jeetje mina!" ("Should I get you a band-aid? Good grief!").^[5] The original English version had a different dialogue. The picture was traditionally shown during some editions of the Dutch-Belgian B-movie festival Nacht van de Wansmaak and has frequently been called "the worst Dutch movie ever" by traditionalists. It was honored with the "Mondo Bizarro Award" at the 2001 Rotterdam Film Festival edition.^[3]^[4]^[6]

References

^ "Intensive Care | Nederlands Film Festival". www.filmfestival.nl. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
^ ^a ^b "Salon Indien » Intensive Care (1991)". www.salonindien.nl. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08.
^ ^a ^b "Intensive Care (1991) | Premiere & Trailer - Veronica Magazine". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
^ ^a ^b "Boeken, film, muziek, wijn, reizen en kunst bij de webwinkel van NRC". nrcwebwinkel.nl. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08.
^ "Intensive Care ( 1991) recensie". cinemagazine.nl.
^ "De Nacht van de Wansmaak - The Final Chapter". www.gorehoundinc.com. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13.

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Intensive Care at IMDb

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