Amandla

The sad thing about this movie is that it has an amazing cast of seasoned actors but whilst watching it, you will not be able to tell because of the over acting. I think they needed time for character development and to establish relationships between the charaters thus I think perhaps if this was a series it would of been good.

The story feels like something you've seen hundreds of times before which I do not mix when it's done well but unfortunately the writing seemed constrained by the budget.

Terrible stereotyping of all races in South-Africa, framed by ludicrous characters that are highly unlikely in modern South-Africa.

The director and producer have failed miserably in flogging a long dead horse, they should actually be ashamed about their lack of invention and creativity, the money could have been spent well somewhere else.

Some of the cinematography was nice outside, the inside scenes looked over-staged and student like.

While it is a well-made movie and it does have a interesting premise and I appreciated that this movie is fast paced, what hurts Amandla for me are pretty much almost everything else. The bland performances along with cringey dialogue, a story that ultimately leads nowhere, weak direction, below average overall screenplay, a ending that I totally saw coming & was incredibly predictable, weak character development, and a pretty useless social commentary that adds little to nothing to help advance the story.

I don't recommend this South African Netflix Original.

This film was rooted in some significant socially and historically relevant occurrences but it played out more dramatically than anticipated. It was executed well but it could have done with some silver linings. It goes from bad to worse and although it wasn't my personal cup of tea some people who are fans of stories (like The Kite Runner) that might resemble many real lives, in which people experience unrelenting sequences of harrowing ordeals, would enjoy this.

Good execution of a really really sad South Africam film. Great performances all round.

This was a excellent movie and well written and acting was superb.

It reflects our sad history in South Africa and the consequences thereof.

There is different views on how we understand the movie, but this was definitely not a predictable movie and we must give credit to the production team and appreciate their efforts.