Thought it would be nice to share this, since it was a really good and entertaining movie, yet it also was about something.
Based on a true story, this is about a police officer that goes rogue during the days of apartheid South Africa. He finds himself on the abusing side of police action in the townships, and unlike most of his mates (such as the one that approaches him asking if they could expect overtime pay for their "work" during a massacre).
He begins to really be bothered about it in time, and this comes out in several ways: sexual, work-related, and finally, he robs a bank.
Slowly but surely, he begins to acquire a taste for robbing banks and, being a policeman himself, he understands what he needs to do to get away with it.
For a long time, he indeed does get away with it, although it tears his entire life apart. He loses his wife and and the life he had always known, and is shunned by society.
Yet, he keeps going.
This is a movie that is definitely worth watching, and I would recommend it to anyone interested in South Africa, race and a lingering sense of guilt, or just someone in the mood for a decent amount of action and sex throughout a film.
But it is more than action. it is a movie that, at least at certain points, makes the viewer reflect on issues of race, oppression, fundamental fairness and poverty.
Overall, it is definitely a movie worth watching, and I strongly recommend it:
Just as an aside, I thought this was an interesting enough article about the real life Stander, that it was worth posting the link for it here:
The police officer turned bank robber by Stephanie Snipes, August 11, 2004:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/11/stander.hughes/index.html
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