Directed by Gavin Hood
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Starz)
Teenage street thug in Johannesburg gets involved in murder, beatings, grand theft auto and finally kidnapping when he finds a baby in the back seat of his stolen car. He decides to bring it home to his shack and take care of it, but is totally unprepared. He sees a young mother and baby, follows them home and forces her to breast feed his baby at gunpoint. He wisely chooses to leave it with her while he tries to straighten things out with his gangster buddies. His interactions with the baby and its foster mother begin to soften his tough street persona leading to his ultimate redemption when he returns it to the real mother. Complex and real characters combined with an unpredictable plot raise this above the stereotypical "slum" movie.
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