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City of Violence (2013)
6.7/10 from 12384 users Updated : 2016-05-27
Crime , Drama , Thriller
Orlando Bloom , Forest Whitaker , Conrad Kemp , Inge Beckmann , Tinarie van Wyk Loots , Regardt van den Bergh , Randall Majiet , Patrick Lyster , Joelle Kayembe ,
Tanya van Graan , Danny Keogh , Christian Bennett , Iman Isaacs , Nomhle Nkonyeni , Denise Newman
Jérôme Salle
110
2013
As a child| Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkatha| a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Only he and his
mother survived the carnage of those years. But as with many survivors| the psychological scars remain. Today| Ali is chief of the homicide branch of the South
African police in Cape Town. One of his staff is Brian Epkeen| a free-wheeling white officer whose family was originally involved in the establishment of apartheid
but who works well with Neuman. Together they have to deal with crime that inevitably exists in sprawling areas of un- and under- employed people| crime exacerbated
by gangs| both local and from other parts of Africa. Their job gets even more difficult when the corpses of two young women are found. A new evil has been introduced
in the city and a new drug has been introduced to its residents| including both murder victims. At the chaotic crossroads where brutality and modernization collide|
the echoes of...