Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Claudio Carvalho In the pleasant city of Ghent, in Belgium, the girl-friends Eva (Hilde De Baerdemaeker) and Patti (Veerle Dobbelaere) videotape the robbery of a car first and later the suicide of a hooker. When Eva's camera is stolen by the thieves, Dieter (Geert Hunaerts) retrieves it , returns the camera to Eva and has an affair with her. Meanwhile, Patti decides to investigate the tape and finds a dark secret about the incident and Dieter."Alias" is a good European thriller, filmed in the beautiful city of Ghent. The first half part of the story is very promising and original, but unfortunately the conclusion falls in the usual clichés of horror movies. The unknown actresses of this movie are extremely beautiful and charming, have great performances and are another attraction. I particularly loved the performance and beauty of Hilde De Baerdemaeker, and I hope to have the chance to see her again in other movies. I expect also to have the chance of one day visit this lovely city of Ghent, which seems to be wonderful. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Alias – Relações de Sangue" "("Alias – Blood Relations")

Philip Van der Veken If you compare the Belgian and more in particular the Flemish cinema with the French and other European cinema, than you'll see there is a big difference. In the other countries they are much more chauvinistic when it comes to their own movies. Especially in France many people will watch "their" movies rather than Hollywood productions. But perhaps there is also another reason for it. It may also be because in our country they just don't make many movies and when a movie is actually made, most of the time its quality isn't really stunning. The directors say that they can't help it. They don't have the money to produce a movie like they do in Hollywood. True, most of the movies they have to finance themselves, because the government doesn't give them many subsidies. But don't tell me that money is the only problem. Next to financial problems we also have a lack of talented directors who are able to put our little country on the map of big cinematic countries. I'm afraid Jan Verheyen won't fill up that gap. I'm not saying he's a bad director, he just isn't great as he proves with this movie. It has a cheap and amateurish feeling about it. The actors didn't do too bad most of the time (except for Hilde Van Mieghem who is so incredibly fake and unnatural that it all becomes laughable), but the script is far from original. It feels like a script that no-one in Hollywood wanted, so Verheyen took it and filmed it over here instead of in America. Too often you can see that the director is a great amateur of cheap horror movies. He uses the same kind of scenes and ideas, which doesn't really do any good to the movie. I'm not really surprised not many people actually saw this movie. It's worth a watch, but don't expect too much of it. I give it a 6/10. Not bad for one of ours, but just not good enough

Keyser_H okay,some patriotic voice in my head says to be not too hard for this 'piece of art'.The movie starts very good. The camera finds the right position at any time. The acting is realistic and sober. The dialogues are good.There's a lot of suspense, the tension is rising every minute. I thought the story would turn out to be quite complex and intriguing. Halfway the film there were a lot of possibilities to get to a great final.But Mr Verheyen had something else in mind. intrigue? complexity? a real plot? I didn't find it. The movie ends like any ordinary slasher, and not even a good one. The 'mother' is supposed to be a real freak, well ... she is. but they made it to easy. voyeurism, killing, orgies, sadism... you cant name it or she's involved with it. and that's all that character is made of, no depth, no real emotions.The actors gave the best they could. There were some real good prestations. a good story on first sight, but it get really bad and ordinary once you get over the hour watching.as a real Belgian, you have to see it, but don't watch it twice!

DJPilly When going to the sneak-preview at Kinepolis Brussels, I was surprised to see such a great movie been created by a complete Belgian cast.2 Girls are making a citytrip and are filming everything. When a little later, a girl falls out of a window, it's caught on their tape, just as a car theft a few moments later. When their camera gets stolen, a handsome young guy helps them to find it back. One of the women falls deeply in love with him and spends the night with him (without having sex). It's the beginning of the end of her relationship. But is the man as lovely as he looks?After "Team Spirit", this is another great movie by Jan Verheyen. Where his other movies are merely stuff for relaxed watching on a saturday evening, this one gives you sometimes the creeps. The excellent music and beautiful photography create an environment of fear and suspence.The actors are playing in one of their bests appearances ever. The rookie - Eva - is playing like she's done it a million times, but actualy it's her first movie.I want to recommend this movie to everyone, who is sick and bored of always watching the American concept in movies and wants to give an excellent thriller a chance.