Zulu (2013)

Policemen Ali Sokhela and Brian Epkeen investigate the brutal murder of a young white woman, apparently provoked by the availability of a new illegal drug and somehow connected to the disappearance of black street children.

Director:

Jérôme Salle

Writers:

Caryl Ferey (book), Julien Rappeneau

Stars:

Orlando Bloom, Forest Whitaker, Conrad Kemp

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Orlando Bloom	...	Brian Epkeen
Forest Whitaker	...	Ali Sokhela
Conrad Kemp	...	Dan Fletcher
Inge Beckmann	...	Ruby
Tinarie van Wyk Loots	...	Claire Fletcher
Regardt van den Bergh	...	De Beer
Randall Majiet	...	Cat
Patrick Lyster	...	Dr. Joost Opperman
Joelle Kayembe	...	Zina
Tanya van Graan	...	Tara
Danny Keogh	...	Kruger
Christian Bennett	...	Stan
Iman Isaacs	...	Janet
Nomhle Nkonyeni	...	Josephina (as Nomhle Nkoyeni)
Denise Newman	...	Shebeen Queen

Storyline

As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkatha, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Only he and his mother survived the carnage of those years. But as with many survivors, the psychological scars remain. Today, Ali is chief of the homicide branch of the South African police in Cape Town. One of his staff is Brian Epkeen, a free-wheeling white officer whose family was originally involved in the establishment of apartheid but who works well with Neuman. Together they have to deal with crime that inevitably exists in sprawling areas of un- and under- employed people, crime exacerbated by gangs, both local and from other parts of Africa. Their job gets even more difficult when the corpses of two young women are found. A new evil has been introduced in the city and a new drug has been introduced to its residents, including both murder victims. At the chaotic crossroads where brutality and modernization collide, the echoes of...

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Plot Keywords:

police officer | cape town south africa | male rear nudity | bare chested male | nude woman murdered | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence, grisly images, language, sexuality/nudity and drug content

Did You Know?

Trivia

Djimon Hounsou was originally set to star, but dropped out.

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Goofs

When Ruby is attacked, Brian cuts his restraints with a large shard of glass from the window he just ran through. The window shattered into small fragments, as safety glass does, so no big piece would be available to do so.

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Quotes

Brian Epkeen: Yebo Baba.
Ali Sokhela: You look like hell.
Brian Epkeen: I'm happy to see you too.

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Connections

References Snatch (2000)

User Reviews

one of the best drama of 2013

i don't know what film the idiots who review this movie here watched, i can say in all honesty this is one of the best Drama of 2013 and very good production money well spend. i will give 10 stars if not for over acting in some scenes but this is due to script flaws i think. director is not known to me but he can be proud of the job he has done, style of camera use in action scenes reminded me POINT BREAK but way better, gun fights felt of those in western movies and was very tense. character development was the best thing about this movie you felt for every one most of all Orlando Bloom he has done a great job portraying a failed tortured soul as same as Mel Gibson did in first Lethal Weapon. i am guessing most people did not understand Forest Whitaker, his suffering and the way he acted at the and of the movie i did, this is why i loved the ending character Forest Whitaker played suffered in silence for 40 years then at the end he realised everything he suffered was due to certain evil man and he decided there was only one way to stopped them then he took action to do so with no remorse. i will recommend this movie to any one over 18 due to very disturbing scenes.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

France South Africa

Language:

Xhosa Zulu English Afrikaans

Release Date:

31 August 2020 (USA)

Also Known As:

Zulu

Filming Locations:

South Africa

Box Office

Budget:

$16,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,636,607

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eskwad, Pathé, Lobster Tree

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1