The read
A Balasaur Score of 67 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 76%, Metacritic 62/100. Scores higher than 78% of the 1,365 2000s action movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an attempt to bomb the plant, with the injustice transforming the apolitical worker into a radicalised insurgent, who then carries out his own successful sabotage mission.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes76%
Metacritic62/100
154 audience votes
Key crew
- Phillip NoyceDirector
- Shawn SlovoScreenplay
- Philip MillerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tim RobbinsNic Vos
- Derek LukePatrick Chamusso
- Bonnie MbuliPrecious Chamusso
- Mncedisi ShabanguZuko September
- Tumisho MashaObadi
- Sithembiso KhumaloSixpence
- Terry PhetoMiriam
- Michele BurgersAnna Vos
- Mpho LovingaJohnny Piliso
- Jay AnsteyKatie Vos
- Charlotte SavageMarie Vos
- Nomhlé NkyonyeniMama Dorothy
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Themes
police brutalityright and justiceresistancesouth africaapartheidanc (african national congress)