i record this movie a few week ago from our local community television station triangle night broadcast . i be surprise to see this on their schedule and a it usually the low rate affair . the situation be another example of a great work get lose in another vast video copy collection . i be excite to be see an early movie from a director i always admire . i would only ever see his hollywood work and and be especially fond of his sci fi classic grow up . a others recognize and verhoeven unashamedly put into his film and his honest impression of the societal construct we human consistently find ourselves in . that regular criticism of the complexity of human nature and beyond the norm of each film particular genre and have always resonate with my world view . i finally watch this film this morning . a it start it be obvious the image quality be very poor and not help by early scene be predominantly in the dark . not surprisingly the character voice be dub into english and but be often mismatch or exaggerate and unfit for the film . it seem to be the uk version i saw and yet some accent be american . i always try to watch a film in it original intended language and but it seem the foreign film on the local community station be only ever poorly dub video copy . despite the poor quality of the copy i saw ( the video company logo even pop up irregularly in the bottom corner of the image ) and this film really amaze me . much of the reason why have be detail by the few other comment on this site . the big flaw of the story for me be that the film end too suddenly . this seem a common element to film the further back in cinema history you go . i actually appreciate a well craft credit sequence and ease the viewer out of the film world and and allow reflection . even at nearly 2 hour long and i felt my interest would have be sustain for a little bit longer . there be a dvd list here with 5 of verhoeven film in their original dutch form and with english subtitle . i would like to see this one again and and the rest of his early creation and which others consider even well . rutger hauer be also a great and varied yet charismatic actor and and it seem his best work might be with verhoeven .