1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comJoshua Vanderwall Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/encaen/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="QW5Gh9kqfY"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/cross-of-the-dutchman-review-no-tulips-here/"><i>Cross of the Dutchman</i> Review – No Tulips Here</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/cross-of-the-dutchman-review-no-tulips-here/embed/#?secret=QW5Gh9kqfY" width="600" height="338" title="“<i>Cross of the Dutchman</i> Review – No Tulips Here” — The Escapist" data-secret="QW5Gh9kqfY" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Developed by Triangle Studios. Published by Triangle Studios. Available on PC and Mac. Review code provided by publisher. I’m a sucker for stories like Taken, in which Liam Neeson uses his “particular set of skills” to hunt down – and in most cases, brutally slaughter – the people responsible for his missing daughter. Cross of the Dutchman is a similar story, and shows that, while these movies are absolutely cliche these days, the story archetype has been cliche for centuries, but people still seem to flock to them. Pier Donia was a farmer in Frisia, a region in today’s Netherlands, […]