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Movie Info

A petty crook (Rapulana Seiphemo) builds a criminal empire in Johannesburg, but an escalating war with a drug lord and police pressure threaten to shut him down.

Rating:

R (Some Sexual Content|Language|Drug Use|Violence)
Genre:

crime, drama, action
Original Language:

English
Director:

Ralph Ziman
Producer:

Tendeka Matatu, Ralph Ziman
Writer:

Ralph Ziman
Release Date (Streaming):

Mar 28, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA):

$5.0K
Runtime:

1h 58m

Cast & Crew

Rapulana Seiphemo
Lucky Kunene

Jeffrey Zekele
Nazareth

Ronnie Nyakale
Zakes Mbolelo

Shelly Meskin
Leah Freidlander

Melusi Skenjana
Tony Ngu

Robert Hobbs
Detective Swart

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Critic Reviews for Jerusalema

All Critics (21) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (5)

The film captures the strife tearing the city apart, and how one man fought against the system and won in his own way, on his terms.

September 12, 2017 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…

Candice Frederick
Reel Talk Online
Despite the familiar ground, Ralph Ziman manages to orchestrate an engrossing and energetic film full of memorable characters and a wicked soundtrack.

July 16, 2010 | Rating: 3/5

Lee Griffiths
Little White Lies
Sadly things unwind and the movie loses power with covert special pleading for the wiseguy protagonist, who is supposed to be morally superior to obviously vindictive white cops or evil drug dealer rivals.

July 8, 2010 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
The film pays its dues to the classics. Not only does it lovingly rip off a truck heist from Heat, but Lucky and his gang actually sit down and watch Heat for tips.

July 8, 2010 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Robbie Collin
News of the World
rags-to-riches tale cut from the same cloth as City of God, Goodfellas and Scarface.

July 7, 2010 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
A cheerfully violent South African ramble about a gangster unwilling to "sit on his arse waiting for Mandela". Initially intriguing, it collapses in an hour.

July 7, 2010 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Antonia Quirke
Financial Times
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August 27, 2010 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Ed Scheid
Boxoffice Magazine
It's hard not to feel such complex, dramatically rich subject matter merits a less prosaic treatment.

July 20, 2010 | Full Review…

Sophie Ivan
Film4
Bold, energetic and extremely complicated, this epic thriller is an eye-opening exploration of ... Johannesburg

July 14, 2010 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
Issues of race and social injustice add a little grit and texture to an otherwise overlong and over familiar gangster story.

July 12, 2010 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Allan Hunter
Daily Express (UK)
Ultimately, like all the best gangster films, it is a story of people, not principles. Actions, not ideas. And it is very nearly a masterpiece.

July 8, 2010 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

James O'Brien
Daily Mail (UK)
Lucky's journey fails to inspire either empathy or a more scrutinizing ethical engagement; he acts simply as a character in a cut-rate gangster mash-up might, and around the time of that first, zany carjacking it ceases to matter where he'll end up.

July 7, 2010 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…

Michelle Orange
Movieline