Silverton Siege
After a failed sabotage mission, a trio of anti-apartheid freedom fighters ends up in a tense bank hostage situation. Based on a true story.
- Released: 2022-04-27
- Runtime: 100 minutes
- Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
- Stars: Arnold Vosloo, Tumisho Masha, Thabo Rametsi, Noxolo Dlamini, Stefan Erasmus, Sarah Kozlowski, Justin Strydom, Clayton Boyd, Jacques Gombault, Elani Dekker, Shane Wellington, Michelle Mosalakae, Mariska Denysschen, Maureen Wells, Vincent Mahlape, Keaton Ditchfield, Deon Coetzee, Craig Jackson, Jacob Batalon
- Director: Mandlakayise Walter Dube, Jr.
Comments
- kosmasp - 15 May 2024
You gotta fight ... for your right .... to ...
Freedom? I reckon no pun intended - definitely not party! Not in this case - what I did not know: this is based on actual events! A Dog Day Afternoon kind of thing then - not Attica though, in case you were wondering - but Mandela is more than a good substitute to "fight for".
But does a good cause excuse wrongdoings? Sometimes it seems you have to do something that can be considered illegal ... morally things may not be always clear, but that will be up to you to decide how you feel about it and our main characters. I think most will have some sympathy for them ... that said, it is not just clear cut. We do have some twists - and they did surprise me, well some of them did.
A good movie overall about a story that should be more widely known ... or maybe it is and I am in the minority. Whatever the case, decent movie for sure. - tmcbrid - 6 August 2022
Every revolution creates its own mythology
If you didn't know this story was based on actual events, you'd likely say it was pretty well done...and that would be true. If you were aware of the actual events upon which this film was based, you might be justifiably outraged that it distorts history...but that doesn't mean the film is poorly written, directed, and acted. And this film is in every respect, well done.
I'm not South African but know enough history to realize this a highly fictional story. But, it does try to reflect that reality of the day...whites who were sympathetic to the freedom movement, whites who were irredeemably racist, blacks who were informers and collaborators, blacks who resisted violent revolution, those of mixed race who struggled for acceptance, decent whites who still worked for the apartheid regime...it's all here. For that I recommend the film...it's a film with an important story to tell. It's just not real history.
