The Bang Bang Club

Sometimes you get too close

The true story of four young combat photographers, bonded by friendship and their sense of purpose to tell the truth. In 1994, they risked their lives to tell the world of the brutality and violence associated with the first free elections in post-Apartheid South Africa, and exposed the plight of a nation to the international community through their courage under fire and Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalism. This intense period of civil war produced their best work but cost a heavy price, as the group's fearless dedication and willingness to push the limits of journalistic ethics brought about both their greatest professional achievements and also their most profound personal tragedies.

109 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Violence).
Drama.

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Credits

Cast	Malin Akerman, Ryan Phillippe, Taylor Kitsch, Frank Rautenbach, Neels van Jaarsveld, Russel Savadier
Director	Steven Silver
Screenplay	Steven Silver, from the book by Greg Marinovich, João Silva
Music	Philip Miller
Cinematography	Miroslaw Baszak
Editing	Ronald Sanders, Tad Seaborn
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
SA distributor	Indigenous Film Distribution
Made in	2010
Produced by	Foundry Films, The Harold Greenberg Fund, Instinctive Film, Out of Africa Entertainment

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Action, drama
Language	Strong, fairly frequent
Nudity	None
Sex	Some, mild to moderate
Violence	Strong, frequent
Prejudice	Only in South African context
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Some (marijuana)
Comments	Set in South Africa. Realistic violence of the bloody 'civil' war of 1990 - 1994
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Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Lara de Matos Gritty true-life tale	10
Die Burger Michael Rechtshaffen Shooting blanks	5
Box Office Steve Ramos The Bang Bang Club is a solid dramatic debut from Silver	10
Metacritic.com 15 critics	10
Rottentomatoes critics 42 critics	12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer	8
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	12
What the People say
Internet 244 Netizens The Bang Bang Club is a good movie, a great story, and it's worth experiencing.	13
Average .. 50%	10