1999 and Sierra Leone is in the midst of civil war, the rebels infamously using an army of indoctrinated children to do their genocidal work. In the midst of this bloodshed two unlikely men are drawn together, one a desperate father whose son has become a rebel soldier, the other a self-serving white Rhodesian mercenary in search of an immense uncut diamond. The two are bound together by their wildly divergent, but inextricably linked, quests and it is here that the action of the film lies as th
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MAN ON FIRE (2004)
Certification18 Our Rating
Ex-CIA agent John Creasy is a tortured soul when he's hired by a wealthy family to protect their young daughter in the kidnap capital of the world, Mexico City. A bond forms between protector and child, providing Creasy with focus, when she's kidnapped for ransom, for the first time in many years. Ergo Creasy sets out on a bloody and brutal path of vengeance. Man On Fire is a super-slick, super-brutal action thriller; loaded with atmospheric shaky camera shots, fast edits, and big explosions dum
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TSOTSI (2005)
Certification15 Our Rating
Tsotsi is a hard-faced young hoodie with no family ties and fewer scruples, ruthlessly killing those that he robs, but when he steals a car with a baby in it his human side starts to emerge. We watch an alternative possible life emerge, his loveless past of physical abuse gradually submerged by his new found awareness of both family life around him and his own humanity. But is it too late to save him from the consequences of his past crimes and is the violence really gone? An Oscar winning film
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