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Directed by Jamie UysGenres Drama,
AdventureThemes Films set in AfricaActors Jamie UysRating69%
The story is about 8-year-old Dirkie DeVries (Wynand Uys, credited as Dirkie Hayes), who is flying with his Uncle Pete (Pieter Hauptfleisch) across the Kalahari Desert in a small plane, piloted by Uncle Pete, who partway into the flight has a heart attack and partially loses control of the plane. Thanks to his struggles to land safely in the desert even while suffering the heart attack, the crash is not as serious as it might have been otherwise, and, while Pete himself dies, Dirkie and his small pet dog survive, and the bulk of the story follows Dirkie's various adventures while he struggles to survive the harsh desert conditions, including an encounter with Kalahari Desert Bushmen, who give him help, but abandon him after an unfortunate misunderstanding concerning Dirkie's dog., 1h45
Directed by Peter CollinsonOrigin South africaGenres Thriller,
ActionThemes Films set in AfricaActors Anthony Quinn,
John Phillip Law,
Joe Stewardson,
Sandra Prinsloo,
Marius Weyers,
Regardt van den BerghRating48%
The film is set in a South African hospital. Top-billed Anthony Quinn plays a male nurse, Hobday, assigned to care for a foreign President (Simon Sabela). With many threats against his well-being, the leader is heavily guarded around the clock. Hobday manages to kidnap his patient for strictly personal gain, unaware that a hired sniper is still attempting to take the life of the foreign leader while in Hobday's custody. This leads to a series of curious plot twists leading to a climactic scene with cable cars on a high plateau ridge., 1h36
Origin Hong kongGenres Comedy,
Fantasy,
Action,
HorrorThemes Films set in Africa,
Vampires in filmActors Nǃxau ǂToma,
Lam Ching Ying,
Stephen Chow,
Ng Man-tat,
Peter Pau,
Paddy O'ByrneRating53%
An ancient but still fleshy Chinese corpse is on auction in England. A young businessman (Sam Christopher Chow) purchases the corpse. The corpse is revealed to be the body of his third great-grandfather and he intends to give it a proper burial in Hong Kong. , 1h56
Directed by Bronwen HughesOrigin South africaGenres Drama,
Biography,
Action,
CrimeThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about racism,
Heist films,
Gangster films,
EscroquerieActors Thomas Jane,
Deborah Kara Unger,
David O'Hara,
Dexter Fletcher,
Marius Weyers,
Ron SmerczakRating69%
Andre Stander is an officer with the South African Police, newly married with a reputation as the youngest captain on the force, he and his partner are assigned along with other officers to riot duty in the wake of the Soweto uprising. In the chaos of one of the riots in Tembisa, Stander shoots a young, unarmed protester, which deeply affects him and causes him to become disillusioned towards the Apartheid system. One day on his lunch break Stander decides to spontaneously walk in and rob a bank, he thoroughly enjoys the rush and decides to embark on a spree of robberies, even responding to one in official capacity as an officer. In the wake of these robberies, Cor Van Deventer, Stander's partner, leads a team assigned to take down the new bank robber. Eventually being able to see through Stander's disguises, Deventer's team finally makes the arrest, Andre Stander is stripped of his position and sentenced to 32 years in prison., 1h41
Directed by Phillip NoyceOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Biography,
Documentary,
ActionThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about racism,
Political filmsActors Derek Luke,
Tim Robbins,
Bonnie Henna,
Marius Weyers,
Terry Pheto,
Brandon AuretRating66%
The film begins in "Northern Coalfields, South Africa, 1980". It revolves around Patrick Chamusso, a young, apolitical man (played by Derek Luke) who is accused of carrying out an attack against the government, and an Afrikaner police officer, Nic Vos, played by Tim Robbins. Vos is in charge of locating the perpetrators of a recent bomb attack against the Secunda CTL synthetic fuel refinery, which is the largest coal liquefaction plant in the world., 1h25
Directed by Peter Jackson,
Sam WeismanOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Action,
Adventure,
RomanceThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about animals,
Monde imaginaire,
Mise en scène d'un éléphant,
Films about lions,
Films about birds,
Films about apes,
Children's films,
Mise en scène d'un mammifèreActors Brendan Fraser,
Leslie Mann,
Thomas Haden Church,
Holland Taylor,
John Bennett Perry,
Richard RoundtreeRating55%
The film begins with an animated introduction featuring a plane heading toward "the Heart of Africa" (more specifically, a region called "Bukuvu"). The plane crashes and George, an infant/toddler, is lost, but enjoys vine swinging and crashing into trees as a running gag. 25 years later, George (Brendan Fraser) has grown into a Tarzan-like man, the "King of the Jungle", who makes his home around Ape mountain. His friends include a sophisticated talking gorilla named Ape (voiced by John Cleese), along with a toco toucan named Tookie, a small capuchin monkey named Little Monkey, and an African elephant named Shep, whom he calls his "dog" (all voiced by Frank Welker)., 1h43
Directed by Jonathan LiebesmanOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Comedy,
Fantasy,
Action,
Adventure,
Animation,
Comic science fictionThemes Films about animals,
Films about music and musicians,
Sports films,
Films about terrorism,
Comedy science fiction films,
Martial arts films,
Mise en scène d'une tortue,
Superhero films,
Musical films,
Children's films,
ReptileActors Megan Fox,
Pete Ploszek,
Noel Roeim Fisher,
Pete Ploszek,
Johnny Knoxville,
Jeremy HowardRating58%
April O'Neil (Megan Fox), a reporter for Channel 6 Eyewitness News in New York City, investigates a crime wave by criminals called the Foot Clan. At a dock at night, she sees the Foot raiding cargo containers. After an unseen vigilante attacks the thieves, April notices a symbol left behind. April's supervisor Bernadette Thompson (Whoopi Goldberg) and her coworkers are oblivious to her story. Later while covering a charity event thrown by Sacks Industries, April expresses gratitude to the company's CEO Eric Sacks (William Fichtner), who was her late father's (Paul Fitzgerald) lab partner.