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1. 
   rebelscreamer-1 from United States
   

   Oct 16, 2010

   Enjoyed Soweto…..huh?

   I don't think I can adequately put into words how enjoyable this movie
   was but I'll try because it's really worth your time and I want you to
   give it a try. This movie was a pleasant surprise. Within a few minutes
   of watching I realized I'd happened upon a gem. This movie is about
   Lucky Kunene, a smart young man who is so fun to watch as he figures
   out how to be a success in spite of being born in a dangerously stupid
   environment.

   I did not expect to enjoy watching a story that includes South African
   apartheid, but fortunately this movie entertains us with the characters
   story and doesn't weigh us down with the tragedy of racism and
   poverty.The main character Lucky is poor and smart and that's always an
   interesting mix. He is portrayed by actors who are so talented that
   we're spoiled as an audience. Jafta Mambolo is young Kunene and
   Rapulana Seiphemo plays the adult Lucky Kuene and they both are
   effortless.

   I really liked the way this movie moved quickly and yet spared
   nothing.I came away from this movie wanting to see more Soweto
   adventures because I knew there must be one,so I watched it twice.

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2. 
   Rick James from United States
   

   Jun 04, 2010

   Nothing special

   *** This review may contain spoilers ***

   If the goal is to mimic action thrillers from the US, this film does a
   satisfactory job. If it is to reflect the current situation in South
   Africa, I tend to doubt its authenticity: Lucky's activities on this
   massive scale seem implausible or impossible. If the makers of the film
   had wanted to make political statements they could just as well have
   had Lucky "rehabilitate" a couple of buildings, which is probably what
   actually happened "in real life." They chose instead to dramatize and
   enlarge the scope, simply for effect and to make the character grander
   and more heroic. That's fair, but the numerous anachronisms and "goofs"
   already elaborated by other cinephiles illustrate that the production
   while compelling was sloppy

   Without in any way trying to condescend, Hollywood could have done the
   action of this show better, but there is a lot of credit due the
   production, so it's a pity the production goes for visual and physical
   effect instead of character development and a convincing story line.
   The action is lively but episodic, I could swear I see the same
   apartment-building entrance posing several times as different
   buildings, and the acting is inconsistent. The "love affair" seems like
   an afterthought, perhaps to rattle the cage of white Afrikaners, and
   the flat- footed naming of the police bad guy "Swart" (Black) is just
   too obvious. It's worth seeing, not twice.

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3. 
   (a2114861) from Quebec, Canada
   

   Mar 30, 2010

   Jerusalema

   JERUSALEMA investigates the spirit of the individual to assert himself
   against both the system ad poverty. This film explores concepts of law
   enforcement in a country whose people have suffered oppression at the
   hands of police. The film tells the story of a self made entrepreneur
   from the slums of Soweto, his motto, crime really pays in the new South
   Africa. Freedom is slavery now, revolutions bring new order and they
   also bring opportunity. Might is right and possession is none tenths of
   the law. Welcome to the promised land, a new Jerusalem! The film by
   Ralph Ziman is based on real events and goes against what has become
   predictable. Ziman offers us an unusual insight into what has often
   been called the crime capital of the world. Hillbrow, inner city
   Johannesburg, demonstrates the beauty and barbarity of a new paradise.
   The director gives an unbiased view of the contemporary landscape,
   which most South Africans are aware of, but turn a blind eye. The
   director remains neutral, impartial, without resorting to stereotypes
   or over simplifications. He describes a city as it is, without no
   attempt to gloss over the grit. This is a complex, multi layered view
   of South Africa post apartheid. It casts a fresh eye on the recent
   manifestations of xenophobia. Beautiful photography, haunting music and
   excellent acting by a cast of unknowns. Recommend.

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4. 
   fnorful from United States
   

   May 22, 2009

   all property is theft

   I saw this in the Pan-African Images Sidebar at the 33rd Cleveland
   International Film Festival.

   It's an interesting mix of local South African dialect and English,
   with Rapulana Seiphemo extending his lead role from "Tsotsi" which is
   appropriate, since the story line is derivative of that film. This is
   about the adult Tsotsi could readily become: an ambitious gangster, a
   Sowetan Robin Hood whose crimes often mirror what the legal ethic
   endorses, but for the character Kunene it's more about his community.

   A couple of historical quotes figure large in this. Although Marx is
   attributed as the author of the "all property is theft" line in the
   movie, Marx considered this statement by Proudhon as "self-refuting".
   But it does seem an apt theme to the story of a culture in flux after
   its colonial disenfranchisement. Al Capone's "the bigger the crime the
   bigger the payoff" summarizes the operational ethic quite well.

   A somewhat raw film (which is why I gave it a 5… I grade "bell-curve")
   this is still an interesting movie from a developing South African
   market. See it if you get the chance!

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