An average movie

Apartheid was one of the darkests part of our world's history and it seems rather unbelievable and heatbreaking that it was still going strong in the 80's which was not really a long time ago. So, since this subject was quite interesting and since I have a weak spot for Philip Noyce, I was really eager to watch this flick. Eventually, even though it was rather well made with some strong performances by Derek Luke and Tim Robbins, the whole thing still turned out to be rather underwhelming. Im fact, it reminded me of another movie dealing with the same subject called 'Goodbye Bafana' and both movies could have been truelly awesome and inspiring but neither of them really impressed me after all. At the end of the movie, they did show the real Patrick Chamusso and those 2 minutes turned out to be actually the best part of the whole movie. Obviously, this guy had been through a lot in his life and he deserved a better movie than this one. I mean, it wasn't bad at all but it was rather short (90 mins) and you wonder why they decided to spend so much time on his extra marital activities. Furthermore, the fact that Nic Vos actually didn't exist but was an amalgamation of different people wasn't a smart move either in my opinion. Anyway, in spite of its flaws, it was still a well made drama, with some decent acting and it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in this subject.