FERRY 2

Belgium, 2024, 93 minutes, Colour.

Frank Lammers, Aiko Beemsterboer, Tobias Kersloot.

Directed by Wannes Destoop.

Very was a very popular television series on Belgian television, the portrait of the criminal, drug dealer, building up his Empire, losing it.

With the success of the series, a feature film, Ferry, was a prequel, the portrait of the criminal and his background.

Ferry 2 serves as something of a sequel, the aftermath of the collapse of ferries Empire, his retreating to Spain, living a quiet life in a caravan, playing Santa at a children’s centre…

For Ferry fans, it is an opportunity to see Frank Lammers once again in the role that he created for the series. But, many of the fans were dismissive of this film.

The film gives a visual summary of the career of the criminal, Ferry, then create a situation where his grandniece, whose father he had killed, comes with her boyfriend asking for money to create ecstasy tablets. A lot of family background, Ferry losing his temper, going with the grandniece back to Belgium, confronting a psychotic drug dealer, confronting the alleged friend who betrayed him to the police, complications in stealing the ingredients for the ecstasy drugs, setting up a lab, pressures from the psychotic gangster, his taking out a contract on them all…

Needless to say, a lot of complex action, Ferry hiring the assassin at a higher rate, further betrayals, an elaborate showdown.

This film can stand alone given the visuals of the prehistory of Ferry, but it is more a film for completers for fans of Ferry.