Photojournalists (Ryan Phillippe, Taylor Kitsch, Frank Rautenbach) put themselves in harm's way as they shoot evidence of atrocities committed in the final days of South African apartheid.
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| Ryan Phillippe | Greg Marinovich |
| Taylor Kitsch | Kevin Carter |
| Malin Akerman | Robin Comley |
| Frank Rautenbach | Ken Oosterbroek |
| Neels Van Jaarsveld | Joao Silva |
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aking pictures is oh-so-painful in The Bang Bang Club, a based-on-real-life saga that turns bloody reality into bloodless drama.
Accompanying four white South African photojournalists in the turbulent prelude to the country’s first free election, in 1994, Steven Silver’s adventure ought to compel. The shutterbugs are attractively broody; their girlfriends range from slinky to hot; and the action scenes are shockingly authentic. Why, then, do we care not one bit when Pulitzers are won and bullets unsuccessfully dodged? (Full review)