Laakbaar OK, I've just enjoyed this movie even though I absolutely despise New Kids. No, I don't understand why I liked it. Somehow I got the humour this time. I was willing to let my inner 11-year-old take over. I laughed throughout the entire movie.I don't think there is any movie like this in the English-speaking world. It's hard to explain. Some of the other reviewers have explained it brilliantly, but I'll give it a try.The plot is that five young men, through their stupidity, lose their jobs and then their welfare handouts. Their leader decides that they're no longer going to pay for anything. Eventually the bill collectors and police show up, but they're no match for our disgusting moronic heroes. The government then decides to wipe the town out. But the new kids, despite trashing and abusing the town, love the place and defend it.This type of humour showcases shockingly unacceptable antisocial behaviour. This is why I usually hate it. There are many visual gags about sex, urination, defecation, vomiting and so on. We see the actor's penises. We see them urinate. Suicide, brutal car accidents, pregnant women ignoring their health, killing animals and babies, destroying property, disrespecting the police, women and gays, a constant stream of offensive insults -- all of this and much more is what this movie is about. They use the same very offensive language over and over again, until it loses all meaning. The five offensive young men utterly trash and terrorise a small, orderly town (a phenomenon that is sadly a little too close to what actually happens sometimes in the Netherlands). If a scooter fails on them, they attack it and kick it to pieces. There is no ideology behind their abuse, violence and aggression. It's just the way they are.The new kids are lower class Dutch men (the lowest), so in a way this is a very classist movie. The movie makes fun of them, but it also makes fun of the media, the police, the criminal justice system, the government and Dutch society. Everything really. The movie attacks the very concept of feeling good and watching a movie. It's as if the movie makers are inviting to wonder why you're watching this sh*t. The themes that come to mind are schadenfreude, nihilism and anarchy. In other countries, maybe the filmmaker might have used this comedy troupe to express witty insights. However, there is little of that here. There is some sophistication in this movie, but the sophistication is in its nihilism, its exploration of how low one can go, and its commentary on the stupidest aspects of modern Dutch society. There is some merit in the coarseness of the language and mockery. This movie has profound things to say about Dutch masculinity, but I'm not sure what.This movie is well made. It's funny and fast paced. It's very unashamedly Dutch.It's hard to explain why the moviegoer isn't consumed by hatred and disgust for these five a*sholes. They are indeed the heroes of the movie, but we're clearly laughing at them. They are so utterly stupid and mindless. At no point is there any doubt that these caricatures are losers and broken people unable to function in any normal way.This is a very difficult movie to rate. Many people would hate it. But I did laugh. I can see why others want to give it a 10.

The Couchpotatoes The New Kids were known for their sketches on the Dutch television and were popular amongst the youth. Having myself friends in Den Bosch near Maaskantje I probably will get the humor better then the average watcher because I get their dialect and typical expressions. Nevertheless I thought the short sketches were better then the movie. New Kids Turbo is just an average movie to me with stupid but okay humor, but without a great story or acting. Nothing to be excited about. The eighties culture of the Johnny's and Marina's with their Camino scooters, training tracks and mullets might be fun to watch for people that knew that era but for people that don't they might find it a bit dull and stupid. I watched it once and won't watch it again.

Sandcooler "New Kids Nitro" is very much the "Flodder" of its generation, mainly because the makers just don't give a damn. Doesn't sound very thrilling perhaps, but I mean it in the best possible way. "New Kids Nitro" is vile, ugly and meaningless, and that's just incredibly refreshing in an era where so many movies are polished until they lose all their identity. Granted, it's just the same two or three jokes over and over again (random car crash, person getting shot out of nowhere, someone being called a homo), but the amazing thing is that they just keep working and working. And from time to time the makers even bother to throw something to us that's actually creative, like the scene with the old Nazi dude (who ends up getting shot out of nowhere, but that's a given). I don't see a Palm d'Or in this movie's future, but damn is it a brilliant guilty pleasure. Instant classic.

norbert79 I ended up finding a Scooter Song, the re-released version of "Friends", when it turned out to be a music video to this movie. Had to watch it. Fortunately I managed to view it using my German skills and the English subtitles. And I have to say: MAASKANTJE!I am absolutely amazed by the actors, the story-line seemed to be a bit flat at some cases, but it showed a nice story of friends of 5, losing their job, and fighting their way through that. Some scenes were quite funny, and since we also have similar movies, like Üvegtigris (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0257290/) yet I always tell my friends about the movie, that it is a mix of "Beavis and Butthead" and our Glass Tiger (Üvegtigris). They quickly get the idea...I have never been in the Netherlands, but this movie made me to get around to Noord-Brabant, and visit the famous place, and all the other places the movie was filmed. Hard to believe, that the actors are just everyday guys, and their lifestyle doesn't even seem to be close to the one seen in the movie. This is what I call excellent work and acting! Fabulous work guys!...now where do I get my hands on some of those "Schulten-Bräu" beers?