The Conscript

1974 [DUTCH]

Action / Drama

3
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 379 379

based on novel or book

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765.2 MB
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Dutch 2.0
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1 hr 23 min
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Dutch 2.0
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Reviewed by Chip_douglas

Makes Les Mis' look like a comedy

It's 1833 and every young man in an unnamed Belgian village has to enter the lottery draw to see who joins the army (the so called 'blood law'). Belgian's pride Jan DeCleir portrays Jan Braems, one of the lucky ones, until a rich man talks him into taking his place in the army in exchange for money. Jan accepts and thereby makes the first of many disastrous mistakes. In fact, although the army certainly wasn't easy, it is mostly by his own foolish choices that misery befalls him. Soon he has lost all his money (his only reason to be there) and a fellow soldier introduces Jan to a hooker who is 'just his size' to cheer him up. Of course bad luck Braems immediately gets a terrible disease. Meanwhile back at home his girl Katrien (debutante Ansje Beentjes) asks for comforting words from a pastor and he tells her Jan ‘probably forgot all about her'. She decides to go see for herself but by doing so his bad luck starts to rub off on her, leading to much misery for both of them before the end.Based on the novel by Hendrik Conscience (his surname explains it all), this is actually the second film version of 'De Loteling'. Makes you wonder how the 1919 version portrayed the more graphic tragedies presented herein. The pace is slow which makes everything look really authentic, with the possible exception of the early seventies haircuts. Still, who is too say the 1973 uncombed hairstyle was not popular 140 years earlier? The use of music by Handl performed mainly on strings and church organs gives an extra dimension to the recreation of those tragic times gone by.8 out of 10
Reviewed by tauraq 2 / 10

Just Plain Stupid

I don't know what movie these other reviewers watched, but this one sucks as a drama and should have stayed a comedy of errors. The main male protagonist was the worst actor in the entire movie, but I pin a lot of his misstep and his buffoonery on the direction given.

Add the Bull Excrement coincidental meeting of the two bandits at the end for a gratuitous sex scene just places the icing on the cake for this weakly written farce. It seems that old tired cliched laden nonsense such as this tripe will forever be a staple in movie fare. Or at least until we cultivate writers who can think outside of the nitwit block of weak AF script writing.

One hour and twenty some minute of my life that I cannot get back wasted on this movie.

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