Recall the 2022 Amsterdam Apple Store hostage crisis? Netflix made a film called “iHostage” about it. Since they couldn’t shoot in the real store, they crafted a replica Apple Store set from the ground up, literally.
The crew built this look-alike store on a soundstage, copying the Amsterdam store’s design and setup.They used fancy virtual production tricks, like a high-resolution LED wall to show the Leidseplein area’s exterior in real-time, with realistic lighting and reflections. If this tech talk sounds familiar, it’s because shows like The Mandalorian used the same method.
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As for the film itself, it basically dramatizes the February 22, 2022, incident at the Apple Store in Amsterdam’s Leidseplein square. A 27-year-old gunman, named Ammar Ajar in the film (based on real-life Abdel Rahman Akkad), storms the store in camouflage, armed with two firearms and claiming to wear a bomb vest (later revealed as fake). He holds a Bulgarian man, Ilian Petrov, hostage, asking for €200 million in cryptocurrency and a safe way to leave the city.
The movie shortens the timeline but stays pretty true to what really happened, using made-up names to protect privacy. Produced by Horizon Film (Sabine Brian, Boudewijn Rosenmuller, Diederik van Rooijen), the film uses CCTV and body cam-style visuals for realism.
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