It’s Karate Kid meets The Purge, with a spattering of KungFu Panda-like absurdity.
‘Ted K’ is a biographical crime drama chronicle of Ted Kaczynski’s life in Lincoln, Montana, in the years before his capture as The Unabomber.
‘Gringo’ is an ensemble comedy crime caper from Nash Edgerton, a stunt co-ordinator turned director from Australia.
One is instantly recognisable around the world, and the other is most famous for hating those bloody prawns. Now our local movie stars have finally teamed up.
Neill Blomkamp has teamed up with his old pal Sharlto Copley for his latest short, with the latter playing the role of God. Pretty amusing and dark at the same time.
Free Fire is a crime thriller and dark comedy caper from Ben Wheatley, who seems to have been heavily influenced by stylish action directors, Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie. The film is set in a Boston warehouse in 1978 as a meeting between two gangs turns into a bloody shootout and a game of survival. […]
I don’t know if I want to concentrate so much on Sharlto and Tanit as I do on my jealousy that they are swimming on a Hawaiian beach.
Chappie is Neill Blomkamp’s latest thought-provoking sci-fi actioner, following in the wake of Elysium and the revered District 9. Die Antwoord were blown away by District 9 and felt an immediate synergy with Blomkamp, leading the zef rappers and director to join forces. Adamant that they be themselves in the film, Chappie was born out of the idea that Ninja and Yo-landi raise a robot.
Director Spike Lee has cast Sharlto Copley as the key villain in his remake of Oldboy, Park Chan-wook’s brutal thriller about a businessman who, after being kidnapped on his daughter’s birthday, hardens himself for revenge during his years of imprisonment. Lee had initially offered the roles to Christian Bale, Clive Owen, and Colin Firth.