Note: this is the personal opinion of the author, and not necessarily a viewpoint that is endorsed by The Hardcore Overdogs.
So.
The movie "Hardcore Never Dies" is out now.
The first feedback is coming in.
And I find it interesting that a lot of people go the way of:
"It's not what you expect, it's a more like a crime movie that happens to have Gabbers as the characters. I would rather watch a 'real' Gabber movie."
While for me it's the opposite. If you want real Gabbers, go to the documentaries (there are plenty of them).
I think this movie here opens some very new and different possibilities instead.
Imagine that more movies from different genres would be made that feature Gabber characters!
A James Bond movie with a villain who likes Euromasters and D.O.A.
A romantic comedy where an upper class Julia Roberts-type character falls in love with a working class Gabber dude from Amsterdam.
A gang war movie where one of the rival groups is a Gabber gang.
A heist movie where the main guy unlocks the safe to the sound of "We have arrived" on his ear-pods.
The possibilities are endless.
Okay, you might say some of these seem over-the-top. But this is only because Gabber is such a shunned genre!
For example, the Raggacore (does this genre still exist?) and Breakcore crowd have their 'big' movies with Rastafarian villains, which they already idolized decades ago.
Movies in which punks play an important role are plenty as well (Driller Killer...).
In one of these well-known crime investigations shows on TV, the forensic specialist was a Goth girl (forgot the name...).
David Lynch always features various iterations of Rockabilly heroes / villains in his media.
Stranger Things had Heavy Metal (and post-punk) characters.
There are many narrative movies in which Skinheads play an important part (such as the really nasty ones in the really good movie called "Hanna").
It's not far to go to Gabbers from there.
So yeah.
We need more Gabber movies :-)
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