![]() There’s no one really pointed out as an antagonist – until the end, with the face of the adversary the New Zealand rugby team, who do the ritualistic Haka dance before the match. Fortunately, the movie follows the true formula of these “overcoming the odds” types of stories. During the first half of the movie, the rugby team is just peripheral with glimpses into how the team isn’t known to do too well, how the citizens of the country cheer or root against the team, and how even the players are torn between their new leader and country. Taking the team’s captain, Francois Pienaar (played by Matt Damon), under his wing throwing out some philosophical pointers, giving him a (not personal) tour of his former prison-cell, and pushing the team to not only work together on the field, but with the country. Beyond the opening of his arms to his opponents and former-oppressors, he believes that the gap in race relations in his country will be solved by the nation’s rugby team winning the World Cup. The movie follows Nelson Mandela (played by the always great, Morgan Freeman) from the day he’s released from prison (after 27 years), to his first year as President of the newly democratized South Africa. ![]() Clint Eastwood’s latest is a solid, if fairly formulaic sports film, with the politics and philosophies of possibly one of humanity’s greatest leaders wedged in.
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