The Bang Bang Club

2010

Action / Biography / Drama / History

18
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 49% · 49 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 60% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 12043 12K

photographer south africa apartheid biography combat photography

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Plot summary

In the early to mid '90s, when the South African system of apartheid was in its death throes, four photographers - Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek and João Silva - bonded by their friendship and a sense of purpose, worked together to chronicle the violence and upheaval leading up to the 1994 election of Nelson Mandela as president. Their work is risky and dangerous, potentially fatally so, as they thrust themselves into the middle of chaotic clashes between forces backed by the government (including Inkatha Zulu warriors) and those in support of Mandela's African National Congress.

Director

Steven Silver Photo
Steven Silver

Top cast

Greg Melvill-Smith Photo
Greg Melvill-Smith as Jacques Hugo
Malin Akerman Photo
Malin Akerman as Robin Comley
Taylor Kitsch Photo
Taylor Kitsch as Kevin Carter
Nancy Buirski Photo
Nancy Buirski as Nancy Buirski
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917.05 MB
1280*544
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
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1.73 GB
1920*816
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Emilio T 6 / 10

The movie is not the best of the

The movie is not the best of the world, but the real story behind these journalists deserves a watch.
Reviewed by R T 6 / 10

Kevin Carter's Pulitzer prize winning photograph is one

Kevin Carter's Pulitzer prize winning photograph is one of those images that gets burned into the back of your mind. It haunts you long after you see it. I saw this photo of the young Sudanese girl, about 10 years after it was taken, and it still fills me with sorrow. It makes you wonder what happened to the poor girl. It makes you question how the world can have both a massive obesity epidemic, and massive global starvation at the same time. It isn't something you can easily forget, and it's the type of image photo journalists spend an entire career searching for. In this multi-biography, director Steven Silver tells the story of four friends, all combat photographers in the mid 1990's before the fall of the Apartheid. They tell the story of the Zulu and their tribal warfare all the while photographing the constant death, starvation, and violence that surrounds them, all the while building their camaraderie and forming the Bang Bang Club. It's a very well written film and it brings up many issues. Most notably the hypocrisy of the situation, is that these journalists are living a life of comparative wealth and debauchery in this time of strife, and at the same time trying to make a name for themselves by taking photos focused on the very visceral suffering of others. Where the film really shines is in the background and the violence therein. I was quite impressed with the sheer number of extras for most of the fighting scenes. There are a lot of graphic sequences of course, but it's not the violence that makes the film. It's the exploitation of that violence that makes the film so interesting. There were a couple of issues I had with the movie. For example, 4 white guys with cameras strapped to their bodies standing in the middle of battles while dodging bullets is certainly unbelievable at times. Yelling "PRESS! PRESS!" doesn't keep you safe in a war-zone. The dialogue is believable for the most part, except when they are joking around in the middle of the battle scenes. I did enjoy Taylor Kitsch's torn and dark portrayal of his character Kevin Carter. Ryan Phillippe does well as prize winning photographer Greg Marinovich, but I thought he was perhaps too good looking to be believable. Compare him to the real Greg Marionovich during the end credits and you'll see what I mean. That being said, it's an excellent film and Steven Silver certainly has an eye for very personal story telling. 3/5
Reviewed by R T 3 / 10

For a topic that important how can you

For a topic that important how can you get the writing and acting so bad.
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