A movie on the process of stealing the Apple Real Store dominates the best Netflix plans

Netflix is ​​known for many things, but a real crime (such An annoying documentary film on children’s ownersIt is hardly a service excitement (I look at you and on Difficulty action movie, Dylan SprosIt is definitely the two most prominent. Now, the banners merged the two in the final part of the “Netflix” content and you will not know, and the result is a Mega blow around the world.

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“IHOSTAGE” is a new excitement film from the sign based on the hostage event of real life that took place in Amsterdam in 2022. On February 22 of that year, a 27 -year -old armed person entered the Apple store in Leidseplein, Amsterdam, and clients contract for about five hours, demanding $ 200 million in cryptocurrencies. Al -Muayyad, the hostages, which was later identified by the Dutch newspaper, Hit Barol, in the name of Abdel Rahman Akad, focused mainly on a prisoner, a 44 -year -old Bulgarian man, while others hid in the store and people on the upper floor of the building trapped. During the crisis, the police evacuated about 70 people before being able to take out almost in a way that proved controversial in the Netherlands.

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It was a really horrific moment, which made it more surreal than the fact that the gunman took selfies during the confrontation and sent them to the local press. What’s more, the videos of their effects on social media, adding an indifferent toxic aspect to a really terrible position. Now, Netflix turned the entire matter into a movie, which seems to be more attention than the original event itself if the signs of the banners pass by anything.

It was directed by “IHOSTAGE” by Bobby Boerman, who previously supervised the series “The Golden Hour”, which happened to be about a terrorist attack in Amsterdam. However, his new movie is largely dependent on real events, although “iHostage” changes all the names of the characters and brings the original dialogue in its novel of February 22, 2022 events. Boermans also chose to focus on five main letters, merged CCTV shots and trying the body’s camera to try to maintain realism. It seems that all of this has acquired it and its movie is a spot over the best 10 years in Netflix. In fact, the film pushed the top of the plans not only in the United States or in the original Netherlands, but all over the world.

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“ihostage” first appeared in Netflix April 18, 2025, according to LetterolThe site that tracks viewers’ data across various platforms has become a global success. As of April 21, 2025, the film is drawn in 92 countries, one out of every 80 of them, including in the United States where the film appeared second on April 19, before it ranked first the next day. Elsewhere, “ihostage” was first since her arrival at the banners and has already remained in the lead in 30 countries since it appeared for the first time.

It is not surprising, then, all this made “ihostage” the world’s first movie on Netflix plans. The film currently occupies the second number in nine other countries, indicating that it may take the lead in those markets with the continuation of the week.

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At the time of writing this report, “iHostage” has no enough reviews Spoiled tomatoes To earn itself the degree of tomatoes. Among the three reviews available on the site, two negative and one positive. Social media reactions are not all glowing, indicating that Netflix does not amount to the performance of the victorious graph.

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However, it appears that director Bobby Bouirman has done his best to pick up this real event in a way that speaks to the real issues that prompted Abdel Rahman Okad to do what he did, while he was also trying to make a wonderful movie. The Dutch director spoke with time About “iHostage”, and revealed that he spoke to Apple store staff, customers, police negotiators, and others during his research, and that he wants to speak his movie to “our ability to support each other, even in the most challenging times.”

Whether it succeeds or not, it is up to you for a report, but there is no refusal to succeed in the movie in Netflix. In order to stay in the first place on global plans, “iHostage” will need to continue chance Sofia Carson Romantic Comedy “List of Life” that has recently controlled Netflix It is still second in the world. During, The controversial biblical drama of Jibson Mile “The Passion of Christ” It climbs its way to the highest global plans, so “iHostage” will get it soon.

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