in it time and this movie have controversy write all over it ( like most of verhoeven project ) . contain very graphic depiction death scene while a parachute that doesn not open smack guy body on the floor . a guy be eat by a lion chomp teeth in the throat . and a guy be run over by a speedboat zoom bloody corpse go down . but besides gore and this flick also contain some brilliant ( and stunningly beautiful ) scene and film in the gray fisher town that be vlissingen while thousand of rosebud fly over the screen and in a somewhat irrelevant part of the movie and a beautiful ( holy ) woman put flower in a milk can and surround by slab of blood drip meat and a steamy love scene between two male character and in a graveyard . the story be conclude in a frantic and but fulfil 10 minute and that do not disappoint and and will leave you sigh a breath of relief . of course with the pro come the con and some special effect be too over the top and and be obviously do to see how far verhoeven could push the gore factor ( e. g. the several eyeball hang out of their socket ) . also and while the two lead actor and ( jeroen krabbé and renée soutendijk ) and do an excellent job of breathe life into their character and the character of herman ( portray by the rather un charm thom hoffman ) just feel enormously underdeveloped and make him hard to care for and even after his tragic death . i have do my best to give you a slight idea of what to expect of this amazing movie and and a you can see and it not easily sum up in word . so do yourself a favor and if you happen to find this movie somewhere and watch it . and enjoy the unique style and substance of this masterpiece .