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ACTIONDRAMA. 120 MIN.2019.

16VN.

DirectorJahmilXTQubeka’sdrama

issetintheruralEasternCapein

the1940sand1950s.It tellsthe

true-lifestoryofJohnKepe(EZRA

MABENGEZA), a RobinHood-like

figurewhostolesheepfromwhite

farmerstogivetohispeople.

It’sa beautifullyshotandwell

made,withgreatperformances,

butalsohaslargechunkswithout

dialogue.

MIKEEPPS:ONLYONEMIKE

STAND-UP COMEDY. 63 MIN. 2019.

16L.NOW ON NETFLIX

MikeEpps is a star performer when

he’sinthe limelight. 

Hisstand-up is an energetic,

raunchy and very funny take on

topicsthat range from raising

daughters and mysterious wisdom

ofoldpeople to sex, more sex,

family,relationships and politics.

Hesometimes veers into juvenile

humour but also moves at a brisk,

entertaining pace.

DSTVBOXOFFICE COMEDY

Action attraction

Expect Hobbs & Shaw to blow stuff up,

leap off skyscrapers and drive really fast

in a film that is also all about family

Personal

reviews

are

rated.

AAll

ages

DDrugs

HHorror

LLanguage

NNudity

PPrejudice

PG

Parental

guidance

SSex

VViolence.

BRILLIANT

EXCELLENT

WORTHWHILE

SO-SO

IF YOU MUST

MOVI

The first spin-off in the Fast

& Furious series sees those

lovable frenemies, lawman

Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson)

and outlaw ex-spy Shaw

(Jason Statham), teaming

up to pursue bad guy

Brixton (Idris Elba).

MOREJUICE,PLEASE

“The[Fast&Furious]

moviesweregreat,andI

lovedcreatingthecharacter

ofHobbs,”Dwaynetold

EW.com.

Hejoinedtheseriesin

Fast&Furious6 (2013)but

felloutsobadlywithstar

VinDieselthattheydidn’t

filmtheirscenestogether

forTheFateoftheFurious

(2017).

mumandVanessaKirby

playshissister,a spywho

hasbeentrackingBrixton.

A dashofDwayne’sheri-

tageappearsinthemovie

whenHobbsandShawhead

toSamoa.TheHobbsfamily

membersruna formally

illegalchopshopthat’snow

a legitimatebusinessand

standwiththeheroes

againstthebadguys.

Dwayne,whois half-black

andhalf-Samoan,is proud

ofa scenedepictingSiva

Tau,a Samoanwardance

similartothehaka.

“Forthefirsttimein

Hollywoodwe’reshow-

casing my culture so there’s

a tremendous amount of

pride,” he says.

They claimed to have

made up but Dwayne will

not be in Fast & Furious 9.

Speaking about Hobbs, he

said, “I needed more juice.

I needed to sink my teeth

into something that allowed

the character to grow and

expandandshowcase

morelayers.”

SUPERBAD

Idris’villain,theself-

proclaimed“black

Superman”,is an

“augmented”supersoldier

gonebadwitha shape-

shiftingmotorcyclehecan

summononcommand,

makingHobbs&Shawa

stealthymashupofThe

Avengers,Transformers

and Bond movies.

Idris is a longtime fan of

theseries:“It’ssortofthe

ultimateescapism.AndI

lovecars.I’ma motorhead.

Then,ofcourse,I gettoplay

thisreallycomplex bad guy.”

E F WORD

Fast, furious and,

family. “It’s become

kind of a joke that

every time someone

[in a Fast & Furious

movie] says ‘family’,

there’s a drinking game and

youdrink,” said

screenwriter Chris Morgan.

Hobbs and Shaw both

involve their relatives in this

adventure – Helen Mirren

reprises her role as Shaw’s

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