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Escape from Pretoria (2020)

Thriller | 106 minutes
3,33 659 votes

Genre: Thriller

Duration: 106 minuten

Country: United Kingdom / Australia / United States / South Africa

Directed by: Francis Annan

Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Ian Hart and Daniel Webber

IMDb score: 6,8 (47.056)

Releasedate: 6 March 2020

Escape from Pretoria plot

"Survival is key"

Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee are white South Africans and anti-apartheid activists. They are imprisoned for working on behalf of the African National Congress and taken to Pretoria's infamous high-security prison. There they come into contact with activist Denis Goldberg and plan an escape.

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HALVE TAMME. (moderator series)

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"You Are the White Mandela."

Apartheid, an invention of man. Continue to find it incredible what humanity is capable of. It's just in and in sad! It is and remains so important to continue to spread these stories, in whatever way, so that new generations are also aware of the atrocities of history. From Guns Akimbo on to Escape from Pretoria, a huge switch. It's been a long time since I've seen such an intense movie. I'm really starting to appreciate Radcliffe as an actor. Great piece of acting from him and of course the rest of the cast. High emotions and fierce confrontations regularly splash off the screen. I am speechless. Impressive! I certainly wouldn't call it standard film, every outbreak has its own story. And this story has just a few more ingredients that make it stand out from the rest. In short: you should not miss this film.

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knusse stoel

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This film brought back memories, eg the boycott of Outspan oranges.

This was in the 1970s and 1980s, only Israel and South Africa had thought about boycotting some products:

South African products were shipped to Israel, where minimally processed and then sold with a "made in Israel" label to Europe and the US.

Eventually this regime came to an end when the 1990s arrived, in February of that year Nelson Mandela was released and he became President more than 4 years later.

The duo Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee are two white South Africans who fought against apartheid and in this film you can see how they fare after they were arrested. They are taken to a white male prison in the city of Pretoria. There the intention is that you "learn to think differently and be grateful that you were born in the most beautiful country in the world".

This also includes the idea that everyone thinks that way and you have to get used to it quickly.

In this prison they immediately come into contact with Denis Goldberg who has been imprisoned there for years and tries to make it clear to them that escape is a deadly idea. Spotlights that light up every square inch, a 20-foot high (about 6 meters) wall, barbed wire and trigger-happy guards on the wall. But the two plan to leave and work out a plan with activist Denis Goldberg and witness the development. Sometimes nail-bitingly exciting and a story wrapped in a film that, apart from the inhumanity of apartheid, is worth watching for less than 2 hours.

Our rating is an 8!

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thysum

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I'm going to check if I have locked the garden gate..

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