Watch Trailer For South African Actioner 'Vehicle 19' From The Director Of 'Retribution'

From Shadow and Act Fri Jan 4 2013, 15:54:16

Trailer for another thriller from South Africa; it seems like we've written about more than a couple in the last 12 to 18 months - definitely more than we've ever covered in previous years. Obviously, South Africa-set thrillers existed before S&A was born, but we only recently started paying attention to them. I'd say probably after District 9, in 2009 (also the same year this site was created) South African cinema, especially what we'd call more *genre* fare, has been receiving international attention unlike it ever did before; South African filmmakers (mainly white South African filmmakers however) are making their splashy feature film debuts in...

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