Dangerous Ground

Dangerous Ground

1997 · 95 min · EN · R · 4.5 (22 votes)
Dir. Darrell James Roodt · Starring Ice Cube, Elizabeth Hurley, Ving Rhames, Thokozani Nkosi, Ron Smerczak, Wilson Dunster · Music Stanley Clarke

What he wants is revenge. What he gets is the fight of his life.

Drama

Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy to bury his father. He meets up with his brother Ernest, who tells him their other brother Stephen couldn't be contacted. Vusi goes to Johannesburg to find him, but at first can only find his neighbor/girlfriend, Karin, a stripper. Vusi proceeds to learn how conditions have changed since the end of apartheid, not always for the better for black men.

VIBE

A stark, unflinching look at the harsh realities of post-apartheid South Africa. It's a raw, character-driven drama that explores the lingering social and personal consequences of systemic change, leaving a somber and thought-provoking impression.

grittytensesomberrawsteadysocial realismcharacter-driven dramaapartheid's aftermathidentitydisillusionmentsocial change
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