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Title: Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Idris Elba | ... | Nelson Mandela | |
| Naomie Harris | ... | Winnie Madikizela | |
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Tony Kgoroge | ... | Walter Sisulu |
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Riaad Moosa | ... | Ahmed Kathrada |
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Zolani Mkiva | ... | Raymond Mhlaba |
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Simo Mogwaza | ... | Andrew Mlangeni |
| Fana Mokoena | ... | Govan Mbeki | |
| Thapelo Mokoena | ... | Elias Motsoaledi | |
| Jamie Bartlett | ... | James Gregory | |
| Deon Lotz | ... | Kobie Coetzee | |
| Terry Pheto | ... | Evelyn Mase | |
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Zikhona Sodlaka | ... | Nosekeni |
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S'Thandiwe Kgoroge | ... | Albertina Sisulu |
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Tshallo Sputla Chokwe | ... | Oliver Tambo |
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Sello Maake Ka-Ncube | ... | Albert Luthuli (as Sello Maake) |
Nelson Mandela is a South African lawyer who joins the African National Congress in the 1940s when the law under the Apartheid system's brutal tyranny proves useless for his people. Forced to abandon peaceful protest for armed resistance after the Sharpeville Massacre, Mandela pays the price when he and his comrades are sentenced to life imprisonment for treason while his wife, Winnie, is abused by the authorities herself. Over the decades in chains, Mandela's spirit is unbowed as his struggle goes on in and beyond his captivity to become an international cause. However, as Winnie's determination hardens over the years into a violent ruthlessness, Nelson's own stature rises until he becomes the renowned leader of his movement. That status would be put to the test as his release nears and a way must be found to win a peaceful victory that will leave his country, and all its peoples, unstained. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
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Watched it earlier tonight. A reviewer was right when he said Chadwick had done a by-the-numbers job on it.
I am Not a fan of biopics. However, I did enjoy 'Gandhi', and, to a relatively lesser extent, 'Aviator'. Those characters too were undeniably compelling, which made the tales all the more riveting. Mandela's character is definitely one such. However, something was lost in translation when it came to filming Madiba's life's work, ironically, in the year that he was finally laid to rest.
No fault lies with the performers, but choosing to sideline a great many supporting characters and not depict the horrors of apartheid in the year of '12 years a slave' (the preview for which played before this one) seems a tad ironic, in not giving the audience something powerful to root against. I don't know if the responsibility rests with the original work itself (in terms of skimming over the details, that is), but the punch, the power, that was sorely needed to make this a rousing epic that it should aspire for, is missing. Someone needs to remake this, if possible, with the same cast, and hopefully make it more powerful/riveting. The old-age makeup on Elba also took me out of the movie multiple times. U2's 'Ordinary love' plays during the end-credits, but I don't know if the movie would have benefited more from it being played over one of the key sequences (take your pick). Perhaps Justin Chadwick was not the man for this job (He took the bite out of 'the other Boleyn girl', so that aspect's consistent enough, that did not make him suitable for this job in any case).
Having said all that, this is still a decent effort, just about right in most departments, and far better than other by-the-numbers predictable/routine fare playing at the local multiplex.