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Orlando Bloom, Forest Whitaker, Regardt van den Bergh, Patrick Lyster, Tanya van Graan, Danny Keogh, Natasha Loring, Brendon Daniels, Lise Slabber (meer)Streaming (1)
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Kaapstad, Zuid-Afrika: een stad geteisterd door geweld en criminaliteit. Als kind ontsnapte rechercheur Ali Sokhela aan de dood en zoals velen in Zuid-Afrika draagt hij nog altijd een duister verleden met zich mee. Hij en zijn partner Brian worden geconfronteerd met de gruwelijke moord op de dochter van een bekende rugbyspeler. Om de zaak te ontrafelen, moeten ze afdalen in de onderwereld van de sloppenwijken, waar drugsbarons met machinegeweren de wet bepalen. Wanneer blijkt dat ook een farmaceutisch bedrijf bij de zaak betrokken is, neemt het verhaal een levensgevaarlijke wending. Behoren de macht en de geheimen van het Apartheidsregime dan nog niet tot het verleden? (Filmfreak Distributie)
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The subject and the script actually only recycle formulas that have been used many times and are not surprising, moreover, the outcome is predictable and during the final scene when settling the score with the villains, the viewer will recall that Whitaker remembered Orlando Bloom's performance in The Hobbit and, just like Legolas, he mercilessly mows down orcs, his detective instills a sense of satisfaction in combating evil. By the way, I have a problem with the character played by Orlando Bloom. His undisciplined cop, drunkard, and womanizer is not exactly likable, which wouldn't be a problem if the screenwriter and director weren't aiming for the exact opposite and trying to shape him as a likable rogue. Zulu differs from typical American genre productions in its setting in the exotic environment of South Africa and, above all, in its raw depiction of brutal violence. Unfortunately, I have to admit that even the presence of my favorite Forest Whitaker doesn't bring it up to more than 3 stars and a 60% overall impression. I cannot consider Zulu a realistic drama, as it drowns too much in genre clichés.
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Definitely never going on holiday to South Africa. A somber, brutal thriller. Excellent acting, great direction. A classic investigation into the death of a white girl turns into a bloodbath combining drug dealing with an ethnic purge. A lot of unpleasant things happen (severing limbs, castration by dog), but the most horrifying is just how calmly the characters accept it all. P.S: From now on Bloom should take only this type of role.
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Despite all the sun, this is a heavy crime movie on the edge of noire and the modern Scandinavian school which capitalizes (and slightly trips up) on holding up a mirror to the consequences and scourges of apartheid. It “capitalizes" in the sense that thanks to this, this isn’t just another bleak movie “about some horrors". It “trips up" in the sense that in the last third, the creators try too hard to make it “overlap" much more than the classic limits of the genre can take. It wouldn’t be a problem in City of God, Elite Squad or Metro Manila, however they aren’t primarily dark crime movies clinging tightly to all of the (un)written rules of the genre. P.S.: Who would have guessed that the role of the vagabond macho wreck of a cop would fit Bloom so snugly?
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After a long time, this was finally a pretty solid French crime movie, which actually has very little to do with France. And that’s mainly because it takes place in South Africa and the surrounding countries. It’s definitely pretty rough, which is good. It’s a pity though that it’s rough mainly at the start and then it gradually eases up. Nevertheless, this easing up is still made up for by the fact that Orlando Bloom is a true actor in this one – he puts in a performance that you would never have thought he was capable of. So, for me, Zulu is an absolutely unique movie with an original name that I won’t forget for a while for several reasons.
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Since I had no expectations, I had no idea what I was getting into, so I am pleasantly surprised. Orlando Bloom and Forest Whitaker make one hell of a duo here, both of them do a decent acting job. The setting of the film is properly disturbing, gritty and realistically portrayed, and the decent action and quite high brutality are also nice. I wasn't bored for a minute. 75%.
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