Prins

The story starts of interesting. A boy living in the challenging part of Amsterdam is getting in touch with the crime scene.

Maybe too many themes are touched in the movie; the broken home situation, a dad who is a junk, earning respect on the street as a young "gangster", protecting your family, the divorced mom looking for love, coping with death and of course falling love.

None of these themes make a real impact. The surface is only scratched. I do not feel engaged, the story fails to make an impact in the end. Perhaps the focus should be on a few events, better motivated and explained. I think for this movie the "Less is more" adagium should have been followed.

On the positive side, the cinematography is nice at times, very colorful, many great shots. The purple Diablo really stands out. The music fits the movie, it is not period correct but adds to the atmosphere. The main character does a good acting job. But overall I feel the story had more potential.