Synopsis
Vincke and Verstuyft are one of the best detective teams of the Antwerp police force. When they are confronted with the disappearance of a top official and the murder of two prostitutes, the trail leads to the almost retired assassin Angelo Ledda. Since Ledda starts showing symptoms of Alzheimer's, it's getting more and more difficult to complete his contracts. When he has to murder a 12-year old call-girl, he refuses and becomes a target himself. While Vincke and Verstuyft are chasing him and counting the corpses, Ledda is taking care of his employers.
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Cast
- Koen De BouwEric Vincke
- Werner De SmedtFreddy Verstuyft
- Jan DecleirAngelo Ledda
- Jo De MeyereBaron Henri Gustave de Haeck
- Filip PeetersMajoor De Keyzer
- Hilde De BaerdemaekerLinda de Leenheer
- Geert Van RampelbergTom Coemans
- Tom van DyckJean de Haeck
- Johan van AsscheVan Parys
- Gene BervoetsSeynaeve
Recommendations
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Variety
A gripping,stylishly lensed thriller. - 80
The New York Times
The title character in this nicely kinked Belgian thriller faces a unique adversary: the enemy hot on his heels is Alzheimer's. - 80
Los Angeles Times
This is one terrific thriller with several wicked tricks up its sleeve, each more satisfying than the last. - 75
Premiere
As exciting and involving as it is brainy. - 75
New York Post
Writer-director Erik Van Looy keeps the action moving briskly. Danny Elsen's cinematography is stylish and the acting top-notch. - 70
Village Voice
Van Looy has created a fast-paced and stylish thriller. Declair's Ledda, marvelously suave and vulnerable, provides most of the pathos. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Although comparisons to the memory-challenged machinations of "Memento" are inevitable, the plotting here takes a more traditionally linear path. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
A lot of thrillers have asked us to identify with assassins -- but I'd be hard-pressed to name one that makes a hitman as sympathetic, if not sentimental, as The Memory of a Killer.
