The end-titling states that Mr. Heineken died in 2003. He died on the 3 January 2002.
The movie takes place in the Netherlands in 1983. The kidnappers are seen drinking from green Heineken bottles. These bottles were introduced in 2012 in the Netherlands. They should have been drinking from brown bottles.
During the pursuit of Van Hout and his friends by the police after the bank robbery, they pass a modern digital traffic display.
The film is set in 1982.
In the car chase scene (at around 17 mins) we see a quick shot of a Police car that is a VW Golf MK 2, this model was not in production until 1983.
In the kidnapping scene at 28 mins 7 secs we see a BMW 5 series estate car, it is the E34 series, this model was not in production until 1988.
In the car chase scene (at around 17 mins) we see a quick shot of a Police car that is a VW Golf MK 2, this model was not in production until 1983.
In the kidnapping scene at 28 mins 7 secs we see a BMW 5 series estate car, it is the E34 series, this model was not in production until 1988.
During the first wide shot of the compound where Heineken is held hostage, there are a couple of skyscrapers in the background which weren't built until 1994 and 2001.
While most of the times cars from the correct era can be seen, in some shots a modern tram or car can be seen out of focus in the background.
(at around 31 mins) When the two kidnappers are making a copy of the ransom note, in what is supposed to be an empty office, you can clearly see the arm of an individual extended outward in the center of the far right edge of the screen.