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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Bima Stagg (written by)
Release Date:
10 October 2003 (South Africa)
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Tagline:
Good cop. Great criminal.
Plot:
The life and career of Andre Stander, a South African police officer turned bank robber. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations
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Brilliant true crime film Thomas Jane was amazing
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Thomas Jane | ... | Andre Stander |
 | Dexter Fletcher | ... | Lee McCall |
 | David O'Hara | ... | Allan Heyl (as David Patrick O'Hara) |
 | Deborah Kara Unger | ... | Bekkie Stander |
 | Ashley Taylor | ... | Cor van Deventer |
| Marius Weyers | ... | General Stander |
| At Botha | ... | General Viljoen |
| Lionel Newton | ... | Sergeant Smit |
| Melanie Merle | ... | Sharmiane |
| Sean Else | ... | Ed Janis |
| Peter Gardner | ... | Allums |
| Patrick Mynhardt | ... | Judge |
| Wikus du Toit | ... | Lawyer |
| Drummond Marais | ... | Prosecutor |
| Nicole Abel | ... | Young Lady |
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, language, some sexuality and nudity.
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Runtime:
116 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | USA:111 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:NC-16 |
Iceland:16 |
Argentina:16 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Finland:K-15 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Canada:14A
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The riot scenes were shot in Tembisa, where the real Andre Stander had been stationed on riot duty. The crew left most of the buildings as they were since they were old enough not to bear too many anachronisms.
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Anachronisms: Early in the movie, Stander is watching the news on a flat screen television. These were not on the market at that time.
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Quotes:
Andre Stander:
A white man could do anything he wants today.
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Movie Connections:
References Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
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Soundtrack:
Can't Get Enough (of Your Love)
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I Just got back from a screening of This film at the Sundance film festival, and there are some corrections that need to be made from some of the other comments. After the screening the director did a Q&A where when asked was all this true, she said oddly enough "the outrageous stuff was true, and we had to add normal plot fillers to help it dramatically."
Stander never planned his robberies, he was a criminal who was sick of seeing the violence against the unarmed citizens, and tired of the crookedness of police life, that he rebelled against the system, just as a political act, not a need for money.
This film has plenty of great action scenes and alot of great comedy as well as brilliant acting by the whole cast, especially Thomas Jane who shines as Stander.
Outside of the violence and fun, there is a very powerful moral story, one of right and wrong, politics and the lonely life of a criminal. One theme I love was repeated throughout, and that is that the wrong man is always punished, or killed, when we should be looking at our government officials and their corruption, we spend too much time on the little criminals.
Very fascinating, and fun to watch, as well as thought provoking, once again the Q&A would answer all of the problems other posters had with the film, because the stuff they did not like was the actual facts behind the characters lives, just AMAZING!!