Zillion

The Zillion movie is certainly not a bad movie, but there is just way to much thuggery and fiction in it. Form about 1:06:00 the movie became more unbelievable by the second. The problem with this is that nightlife has an image that is absolutely false. Of course things happened that were absolutely not right as for example the war of the bouncers, but this problem was not a problem of zillion only. If the real owner of Carré was the slighest bit as in the movie, Carre would not still be operational on the date this is written and closed down decades ago.

Of course the movie does have good positives as well. The scene of the opening of Zillion and the music did sent shivers down my spine and brought me back to a time that has past a very long time ago.

I personally think It's a true shame the movie didn't stick more to the facts as known of today. It would have made a far better bio-pic then it is now and is this not exactly what it claims to be?

Really great and entertaining biopic about the rise and fall of Zillion one of the most famous disco's in the '90 in Antwerp. The life of Frank Verstraeten is so amazing that the real question remains what was real and was was written for this movie adaptation. Great music from the '90 and absolutely terrific performance of Matteo Simoni as Dennis Black Magic. Also Jonas Vermeulen (starting as Frank Verstraeten) has his first major roll and plays an entertaining/crazy Frank. Must-see if you like music from the '90. It's a bit like a flemish Scorsese-film or kind of a Wolf of Wall Street film about disco in these wonderful years (1997-2002). Robin Pront really shows he has the maturity to grow even further and make great & entertaining movies for the crowd.

After "Les Ardennes" that I liked very much at the time Robin Pront returns with Zillion, the incredible biopic on a nerd who plunges into the world of the night through a success story that will make little echo to those who loved "The wolf of wall street". I don't know the character, I don't know if it's faithful, but the film is really great.

Overexcited and overexcited like his eccentric character, welcome in the Belgium of the 90s, the film is a real blast that takes off at 100 per hour. Difficult to be bored, the characters are a treat, the story is hallucinating and the staging is very nice. The feeling that emerges for me is a real plunge into a world of madness, decadent, immoral, voyeur but so enjoyable.

The actors are very good, the light and the music are excellent, the editing is thundering, a beautiful surprise that certainly looks like a roller coaster and whose inevitable decadence is both tragic and pathetic, a story of friendship and opportunism, filled with characters as endearing as decadent. Like Boogie Night in a little less trash anyway, the trip is as terrible as exciting.

Good performance by the actors, story is less well written.

There is a lot of fiction and non-fiction in it that makes the viewer doesn't realize what's real or what's made up. . Zillion was a great nightclub in the 90's in Belgium but this didn't compare to the Zillion movie that could do a lot better.

After watching the Zillion movie 90's nightclub you would feel partying but this wasn't the case.

The 90s music was okay but that doesn't make this a great movie.

High expectations not fulfilled for the big crowd.

I'm still a big Zillion fan, like a lot of people in Belgium and beyond.

Enjoy the movie and the Zillion life.

What a movie....because I'm old and lived through these years, it gets to my nostalgia. I did not really frequent the club, but did celebrate one New Year's eve there...and later on, my fraternity ('studentenclub' - more girls than boys haha, but didn't know how to put that in English) had quite some parties there (with women swimming in the tank - luckily we had 2 sisters doing synch swimming competively)). The overall feeling for the scenes inside the club are spot on....back then it was awesome...and the movie portraits that very well - moving stages, light shows, it was awesome.

Acting is perfect imho...of course I never met Frank so I cannot judge...I did encounter Dennis a few times...especially when he got refused from the club I worked back then.

All in all...great movie with great acting...but...do I find this movie great purely because I've been there and watched the glory Zillion was....or because it's a great movie? Bit of both I think....at least the score is AWESOME!!

Edit: Brigitta Callens (Charlotte in the movie) was not the girl to set up stuff like that...Brigitta used to frequent the club I worked in without having Frank spying on her....but then again, what does the floor ppl know what's really going on behind the scenes...