Director: Jonathan Elbers
Revenge is a 2025 Dutch crime drama directed by Jonathan Elbers, tracing a young man's slide into the narcotics trade that runs between Amsterdam and the Moroccan coast. The film runs 92 minutes and carries an IMDb rating of 6.8.
What is Revenge about?
The story centers on Samir Daoudi, known on the street as Gio, whose world collapses when his brother is killed in a targeted underworld hit in Amsterdam. Grief pulls Gio deeper into the very milieu that took his brother, and he steadily climbs the hierarchy of Europe's drug economy, a route that ties the canals of Amsterdam to the shipping docks of Tangier. On the other side of the case, prosecutors Sabine and Yorick work to map an encrypted messaging network that criminal groups rely on to arrange shipments and coordinate violence. When a protected witness agrees to talk, the investigation tightens around Gio, and the film weighs how far retaliation and formal justice can be told apart. The narrative moves between the operational detail of trafficking and the personal cost carried by the people caught inside it.
Cast & crew
Noortje Herlaar and Waldemar Torenstra lead the ensemble alongside Hamza Othman, Yassine Ouaich, Matteo van der Grijn, Olaf Ait Tami, Raymond Thiry and Sanne Langelaar. The feature was directed by Jonathan Elbers, working within the Dutch crime-cinema tradition.
Context & significance
Revenge is a Netherlands production released in 2025, blending action, drama and crime. Its plot draws on a familiar contemporary subject, the encrypted communication platforms that European investigators have targeted in real trafficking cases, and stages its events across two hubs, Amsterdam and Tangier, that map onto established smuggling corridors. At 92 minutes it keeps to a tight feature length.
Where & how to watch
Revenge streams on K-Time, which is free to browse and requires only a K-Time account login to start watching. The title is offered with a Persian dub, and the Farsi interface is built for Persian-speaking viewers across the diaspora.