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Reviews
Stroomop (2018)
Loves the story and some of the actors
I think there is a trend with South African Directors to cast people that they think people like to see on screen but not people who can in certainly act. These method faces that are bought onto screens to fill seats like Simone, Donna and in some cases films Neels usually backfire in the box office. The rest of this cast are veteran A class actors, but sorry do not mix in these chocolate box soap stars in with seasoned actors that take away from the actual narrative with lack of acting abilities. If a South African Director for once can cast just veteran actors and exclude the young soap stars and instagram pick me girls then maybe they can win a award at Sundance of perhaps even more. External commissioners and buyers al have the same opinion.
Free State (2023)
Forced myself to finnish it.
After watching Fried Barry I was excited to see another South African Produced Film. I just watched Free State on Catch up. It was bad. Really bad. From over graded footage to cast looking uncomfortable and out of place on screen. Simmilar to that of the 2020 Rogue with Meghan Fox where all of the action sequances looked badly co-ordinated like a nerf gun fight at your 10 year olds kids birthday party. The very first scene with the German old man seemed promising and kept me watching. I had to invest the time but after the German old man scene was done it turned into bad school play. If the budget went over $50 000 then it would be a big loss, not sure if the Showmax bail out covered all the losses.