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Dangerous Ground

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1997 · 95 min Drama Crime
4.3 / 10 · TMDB

Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy to bury his father. He meets up with his brother Ernest, who tells him their other brother Stephen couldn't be contacted. Vusi goes to Johannesburg to find him, but at first can only find his neighbor/girlfriend, Karin, a stripper. Vusi proceeds to learn how conditions have changed since the end of apartheid, not always for the better for black men.

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Year 1997
Country United States of America, South Africa
Genre Drama, Crime
Director Darrell James Roodt
Runtime 95 min.
Rating TMDB: 4.3/10 (29 votes)

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The film constructs a gritty, atmospheric thriller that relies on the stark contrast between rural tradition and urban decay. It explores the fragile hope of reunion against a backdrop of systemic violence and broken promises in the new South Africa.

What lingers after the credits is a profound sense of disillusionment—a portrait of a transition where freedom for some meant deeper peril for others. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Darrell James Roodt

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Watch in a dimly lit room to match the film's tense, nocturnal energy. The shadows will feel like part of the story.

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