Not only did they make a movie which truly has a local feel
to it, but they managed a good budget to create an outstanding action
film with gritty actors and romance that you can’t help but fall in love
with. Not only does it set a whole new standard for South African film,
it appeals to most audiences, which is a feat in itself in our rainbow
nation.
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| Pallance Dladla and Thishiwe Ziqubu in romantic thriller Hard to Get, directed by first-time feature director Zee Ntuli, and co-written by Ntuli and TT Sibisi (Photo: National Film and Video Foundation) |
The movie directed by Zee Ntini and produced by Junaid Ahmed and Helena Spring
certainly took a gamble with an action-romance, not a common genre in
the South African cinema, but they pulled it off and then some. A trap
that many SA films fall in is rehashing the same-old Hollywood elements
for local productions, by Hard To Get felt truly original and just had a
good script mostly void of clichés. The movie will keep one glued to their sreen for a good 95 mins.
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It features well know South African actors and actresses like Pallance Dladla, Thishiwe Ziqubu, Paka Zwedala, Israel Makoe, Jerry Mofokeng.
The action romance explores the universal theme of love in the very
specific context of contemporary South Africa. At its heart, it's a
story of two young South Africans embarking on the universal adventure
of falling in love, set against the unpredictable backdrop of Joburg’s
criminal underworld.
TK is a handsome and
charming womaniser who runs at the first mention of commitment. His life
changes when he meets Skiets, the one woman immune to his charms.Womaniser TK lives a simple life, until the wild Skiets
enters the bar he works at and brings with her all manner of trouble.
They piss of the wrong gangster by stealing his beloved car and head to
the shining City of Gold. Their new-found love is tested in the Joburg
underworld, but find something within each other that keep them
fighting.
Skiets
is an adrenaline junkie who earns a living as a petty criminal. If TK
is to have any chance with her, he will have to survive a gauntlet of
dangerous undertakings. It isn’t long before Skiets attempts to steal a
car from the most feared man in town, Mugza, and things get messy. TK
and Skiets end up in a brawl with Mugza, only narrowly escaping to
Johannesburg in Mugza's car.
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| The cast of the movie |
In Johannesburg, Gumede, a charming, quirky businessman, comes to their rescue. Or so it seems.
They may find love, but will they discover that crime doesn’t pay?
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