A mute but resourceful 10 year old girl does amazing stunt acts while trying to escape a "professional" killer. (At some points it felt like I was watching a remake of "Home Alone"). The killer runs around all over, with a very conspicuous gun in his hand, which he discharges every few minutes. Nobody seems to notice any of that. The whole of Amsterdam just seems to go about their own business. Then there's the plot. Well, suffice it to say that it's absurd. The ending is preposterous: They try to set up a trap and catch the suspect; he ends up killing 2 people and stealing an ambulance (so much for the set-up plan); then there's a car chase (another one...); in which he destroys a lot of property, and probably injure a lot of people; all that to kill a girl who could identify him...!!! He now has hundreds of people who can testify against him! What are those fine actors doing in this movie? That's the biggest mystery to me.

This ranks amongst the worst films I've ever seen. I bought the DVD based on the plot summary which sounded interesting and because William Hurt was one of the actors who normally features in great movies. After about 15 minutes, when we got to the gangster scene at the back of the hotel, I had to check the back of the box to see if it was a comedy rather than a "thriller with more twists and turns than the streets of Amsterdam itself". The ridiculous story line and the ham acting were making me laugh. I persevered to the end of the film in the desperate hope that there would be a great point or message but alas this film had absolutely no redeeming features for me. Truly awful. It says on the back cover "When you can't scream you can only run..." but I figured out another two options, cringe or howl with laughter.

When a so called lovable little girl is involved in a suspense story,what do you expect? Certainly not the unexpected! You can see in her eyes that the villains will not get the upper hand.The more helpless she seems ,the stronger she is when danger comes around.Dumb but not dumb! The supporting cast is wasted:William Hurt is cast as the father and all he has to do is wait ;Jennifer Tilly 's part is not much more exciting:all she's got to do is bemoan over her unfortunate daughter's fate.You will guess who pulls the string as soon as that villain appears on the screen.Only the first scenes in the hotel can ,at a pinch,generate some suspense.But after that,it's downhill.The worst is that horrible "singer" ,pedophile at that!On the other hand ,Dennis Leary's junkie is quite nice.Get "Amsterdamned" instead!

I've seen this film twice in one of the icelandic tv channels since last summer. The film is quite interesting, especially a strange taste of humor and some really strange plots. But there was also a thing I didn't like: I mean the sharp voice of the actress starring the role of William Hurt's wife. And the greatest thing of this production: unbelievably beautiful sights of Amsterdam. This film made me love Amsterdam, I hope I'll be able to visit the Netherlands soon.