During apartheid, a group of four fearless photojournalists became known as The Bang Bang Club. Collectively, Joao Silva, Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter and Ken Oosterbroek, captured some of the most horrifying, compelling and newsworthy photos in history, thus playing a huge part in documenting what was happening in the country.This is the Hollywood version of their stories, complete with American actors trying to master the elusive South African accent. They fail miserably, which is unfortunate as it distracts you from the story, which is an important and interesting piece of our recent past. Why they couldn’t have dipped into our overflowing pool of acting talent I don’t know. Clearly the message is that SA actors don’t sell movies overseas. Hello? Does anyone remember District 9 and Tsotsi?
Rating: 3 outta 5.
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