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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. Jul 8, 2010 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
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.
Peter Bradshaw
rags-to-riches tale cut from the same cloth as City of God, Goodfellas and Scarface. Jul 7, 2010 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
rags-to-riches tale cut from the same cloth as City of God, Goodfellas and Scarface.
Robert Abele
Writer-director Ralph Ziman strings it all together with slick competence, but given that leading man Rapulana Seiphemo does a persuasive line in moral ambiguity, it's disappointing that the proceedings too often default to glib shoot-'em-up. Jul 6, 2010 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Writer-director Ralph Ziman strings it all together with slick competence, but given that leading man Rapulana Seiphemo does a persuasive line in moral ambiguity, it's disappointing that the proceedings too often default to glib shoot-'em-up.
Trevor Johnston
It's easy to overlook the formulas and just enjoy the ride. Jun 11, 2010 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
It's easy to overlook the formulas and just enjoy the ride.
Mike Hale
The opening credits of Gangster's Paradise note that it was "inspired by real events." It would be more accurate to say that the film was inspired by Brian De Palma's Scarface and similar fare. Jun 11, 2010 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
The opening credits of Gangster's Paradise note that it was "inspired by real events." It would be more accurate to say that the film was inspired by Brian De Palma's Scarface and similar fare.
V.A. Musetto
Startlingly original, if occasionally overambitious. This is Tsotsi without the feel-good glow, a tale of entrepreneurship's perils and boundless pleasures. Jun 10, 2010 | Full Review…
Startlingly original, if occasionally overambitious. This is Tsotsi without the feel-good glow, a tale of entrepreneurship's perils and boundless pleasures.
Joe Morgenstern
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. Sep 12, 2017 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
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.
Candice Frederick
It's hard not to feel such complex, dramatically rich subject matter merits a less prosaic treatment. Jul 20, 2010 | Full Review…
It's hard not to feel such complex, dramatically rich subject matter merits a less prosaic treatment.
Sophie Ivan
Despite the familiar ground, Ralph Ziman manages to orchestrate an engrossing and energetic film full of memorable characters and a wicked soundtrack. Jul 16, 2010 | Rating: 3/5
Despite the familiar ground, Ralph Ziman manages to orchestrate an engrossing and energetic film full of memorable characters and a wicked soundtrack.
Lee Griffiths
Bold, energetic and extremely complicated, this epic thriller is an eye-opening exploration of ... Johannesburg Jul 14, 2010 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Bold, energetic and extremely complicated, this epic thriller is an eye-opening exploration of ... Johannesburg
Rich Cline
Issues of race and social injustice add a little grit and texture to an otherwise overlong and over familiar gangster story. Jul 12, 2010 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Issues of race and social injustice add a little grit and texture to an otherwise overlong and over familiar gangster story.
Allan Hunter
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. Jul 8, 2010 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
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.
James O'Brien
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