Hardcore Never Dies

The film follows brothers Michael, a gifted pianist working a manual labor job, and Danny, a gabber devotee and small-time drug dealer.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29607491/plotsummary/ Danny introduces Michael to gabber while coming up with increasingly dangerous schemes to repay an escalating debt to a local drug lord.

Jim Deddes, Joes Brauers and Rosa Stil play roles in the film.{{Cite news |last=Hoekstra |first=Cas |date=7 November 2023 |title=Acteur Jim Deddes over Hardcore Never Dies: 'We kregen ook les in hakken' |language=nl |work=VPRO Gids |url=https://www.vprogids.nl/cinema/lees/artikelen/interviews/2023/Jim-Deddes-over-zijn-hoofdrol-in-Hardcore-Never-Dies.html |access-date=8 December 2023}} Principal photography began early 2023.{{Cite news |date=21 February 2023 |title=Venlose regisseur zoekt figuranten voor film over hardcoretijd |language=nl |work=Omroep Venlo |url=https://omroepvenlo.nl/nieuws/artikel/venlose-regisseur-zoekt-figuranten-film-hardcore-scene-jaren-90 |access-date=12 December 2023}}{{Cite news |last=Koning |first=Nanneke |date=22 March 2023 |title=Opnamen Hardcore Never Dies van start |language=nl |work=Holland Film Nieuws |url=https://www.hollandfilmnieuws.nl/nieuwscategorieen/in-productie/opnamen-hardcore-never-dies-van-start/ |access-date=8 December 2023}}

The film's trailer features the track "Ruffneck (still) rules the Hardcore scene" by Juggernaut a.k.a. DJ Ruffneck (Patrick van Kerckhoven), which itself is a variation of Edvard Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King"; both songs interleave in the trailer.

Hardcore Never Dies is an original trademark and Record Label from Dance Concepts and they have approved the use of the name for this film. It's a brand name and music label of this event company with its own artists and merchandise.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

Algemeen Dagblad (AD) rated the film four stars and praised Jim Deddes for his role in the film, as well as director Jim Taihuttu.{{Cite web |last=Tienhooven |first=Gudo |date=7 November 2023 |title=Vier sterren voor Hardcore Never Dies: Jim Deddes weergaloos in vlammende 'gabberfilm' |url=https://www.ad.nl/show/vier-sterren-voor-hardcore-never-dies-jim-deddes-weergaloos-in-vlammende-gabberfilm~a6544ef6/ |access-date=13 December 2023 |website=Algemeen Dagblad |language=nl}}{{Cite news |date=9 November 2023 |title=Recensieoverzicht Hardcore Never Dies: 'Realistisch, betoverend én voorspelbaar' |language=nl |work=NU.nl |url=https://www.nu.nl/film/6288958/recensieoverzicht-hardcore-never-dies-realistisch-betoverend-en-voorspelbaar.html |access-date=12 December 2023}} NRC rated the film three stars. Both AD and NRC described the crime plot as 'predictable'. Trouw rated the film two stars and described the film's crime plot as clichéd.

At the 2024 Netherlands Film Festival, the production team of Hardcore Never Dies won four Golden Calf awards: Gijs den Hartogh for Best Sound Design, Gino Taihuttu and Jiri Taihuttu for Best Music, Ben Zuydwijk for Best Production Design and Minke Lunter and John van Vlerken for Best Costume Design.{{Cite news |date=27 September 2024 |title=De Terugreis wint Gouden Kalf voor beste film, De Joodse Raad is de beste serie |url=https://www.nu.nl/film/6329741/de-terugreis-wint-gouden-kalf-voor-beste-film-de-joodse-raad-is-de-beste-serie.html |access-date=27 September 2024 |work=NU.nl |language=nl}}

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• {{IMDb title|29607491}}
• [https://hardcoreneverdies.com/ Hardcore Never Dies - Record label]
• [https://danceconcepts.nl/ Dance Concepts]

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Category:2023 films

Category:2020s Dutch-language films

Category:Dutch crime drama films

Category:Films shot in the Netherlands

Category:Films directed by Jim Taihuttu

Category:Films set in Rotterdam

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