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A new buddy comedy movie from Netflix, drawing parallels to Bad Boys, has instantly become a global hit. The popular franchise, featuring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith as Miami detectives, continues to be a commercial success and is largely well-received by audiences. Bad Boys: Ride or Die premiered last year and generated over $400 million before releasing on Netflix, where it managed to chart at number one.

The streaming service also houses many more high-performing action comedy films, including Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F and The Union. Back in Action, starring Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx, was another major hit upon release. The streaming movie boasted impressive viewership numbers and quickly climbed the Netflix charts, despite poor audience reception.

Almost Cops Is An Instant Success The Buddy Comedy Is Charting On Netflix

Almost Cops recently debuted on Netflix and is similar to Bad Boys, incorporating humor and teaming up a pair of characters.

The Dutch action-comedy Almost Cops has premiered on the Netflix streaming service, blending crime, mystery, and thriller elements within a buddy-cop format set in Rotterdam. The film’s original title, Bad Boa’s, holds a specific cultural meaning in the Netherlands that informs the premise. A “Boa,” or Buitengewoon Opsporingsambtenaar, is a Special Investigating Officer with limited police powers, tasked with handling minor infractions to support the primary police force. These officers can issue fines, check identification, and make arrests, with some authorized to carry handcuffs and batons. The title Almost Cops, chosen for the international release, directly plays on this distinction.

Almost Cops

A Strategic Pairing of Dutch Stars

The film’s dynamic is anchored by the deliberate casting of its two leads, whose public personas in the Netherlands create an immediate and clear contrast. Jandino Asporaat, one of the country’s most recognized comedians, stars as Ramon, an...

Netherlands-based sales agent Dfw International has added romantic comedy “Costa!!” by Jon Karthaus, a follow-up to the 2001 Dutch cult classic “Costa!” by Johan Nijenhuis, to its Cannes Film Market slate.

Nijenhuis’ latest film “Yasmine’s Wedding” has also been added to the slate.

In “Costa!!” Anna (Abbey Hoes) and her best friend Bibi (Stephanie van Eer) travel to the Spanish coast to visit the famous Costa club where her mother Frida (Katja Schuurman) used to work only to find that it is no longer the place to be, but a run-down karaoke bar. Anna and her friends go all-out to win the battle of the bars and make Costa once again the hottest club on the strip. “Costa!!,” produced by Sabine Brian for Nl Film, was released in the Netherlands on April 28 and has racked up 100,000 admissions.

In “Yasmine’s Wedding,” produced by Ingmar Menning for Johan Nijenhuis & Co,...