Indemnity

It just dragged on and on, with overdone melodramatics and a sappy score. Newb writer, producer and director Travis Taute still did a fairly decent job overall, but the overly long scenes needed editing down so the bloated 124 min runtime be at the most 90 mins. The action was ok, and the story although cliched, routine and predictable, still had some merits. Casting and performances were decent for the most part, with the lead Jarrid Geduld being the least convincing, perhaps due to Taute's inexperience in directing his cast effectively. It's a watchable South-African entry into the action film genre, as long as you have patience.

South Africans are more likely to find this movie interesting, especially those living in Cape Town. Real thrill and action packed film which is based around an ex fireman who gets framed by elite government officials.

Well acted and executed local production shot in Cape Town, which is always a plus. A twist on myriad US based pharmeceutical company evil intent stories, the centre of action involves an Africa based plot so it is refreshing to see this continent producing films so watchable. Great job by all concerned and I think it represents an example of African talent on par with the rest of the world.

Nothing else to do on a Saturday night because I lost my mojo. I decided to watch this movie. Nice to see my South African brothers in a film. I never seen a South African movie.

My review...

The first 40mins could have been told in 20mins.

A conspiracy thriller it is..a lot of action. Good fight scenes. My question is....

Do the police put handcuffs in the front of a person in South Africa?

For some reason, that visual really bothered me.

No pun intended - only we ourselves really know that. Sometimes even that isn't true. Now how can we know - maybe we do, but from the outside, how are others able to tell what person we are? And that is true for any character we see in the movie. We are thrown into a situtation and we experience it, the way our main character is.

So there are a few things that may be surprising ... maybe you could see most of it coming from a mile away ... but even if this is the case, you can have fun with the movie and its theme. It is low budget and it has some neat elements in it. Acting is good and the suspense is high enough for it to be thrilling until the end. Twists and turns included ... you may not like how this turns out ... but then again, the movie is consistent.