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What was just an ordinary day for motorcycle mechanic Zuko turns into a deadly hunt for justice. In the suspense film Heart of the Hunter, from director Mandlakayise W. Dube (Silverton Siege), an assassin is forced out of retirement to unearth a conspiracy that could upend the South African government. As Zuko fights to get back to a normal life with his family, he becomes a corrupt politician’s main target. The film stars Bonko Khoza, Connie Ferguson, and Tim Theron.

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Zuko Khumalo (Khoza) is a family man now. He lives with his girlfriend, Malime (Mbangeni), and her young son, Paka (Mogotsi). But Zuko has a deadly past… and it’s coming back to haunt him. His old friend and mentor, Johnny (Butler) — a disgraced politician that the government now views as a terrorist — shows up out of...

Heart of the Hunter is a South African movie directed by Mandla Dube starring Bonko Cosmo, Connie Ferguson and Tim Theron.

You know those movies where “the good guy” is in a t-shirt, wielding a gun, chasing a “bad to the bone” villain who sips champagne surrounded by beautiful girls for breakfast?

“Heart of the Hunter” is the latest film offering from Netflix that, like a dusty video cassette pulled from your old VHS collection for your amusement, truly captures the spirit of the 80s action flick, warts and all.

It’s entertaining and somewhat idealistic.

Plot

An ex-hitman becomes embroiled in a conspiracy that could change the course of elections in South Africa.

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This film is directed by Mandla Dube, renowned for the idealistic, political tone he brings to his movies. This time around, he continues this quest for freedom...

Bestselling South African author Deon Meyer’s “Trackers” is being adapted for TV after African pay-tv heavyweight Multichoice teamed with German pubcaster Zdf to bring the thriller to the small screen.

“Trackers” interweaves three story strands into a thriller spanning the length and breadth of South Africa and involving organized crime, smuggled diamonds, state security, black rhinos, the CIA, and an international terrorist plot. The TV adaptation will run to six parts and will shoot in and around Cape Town next year.

Meyer will serve as supervising screenwriter on the series. Robert Thorogood (“Death in Paradise”) will be the showrunner. Britain’s Three River Studios and German-based Helle Media put the co-production deal together.

Jyri Kahonon (“Bordertown”) is attached to direct, and Ivan Strasburg (“Treme”) is on board as director of photography. Three River CEO Jonthan Drake said that “the co-production represents the first in a new wave of stories...