Escape from Pretoria
Directed by Francis AnnanSouth Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from the infamous Pretoria Prison.
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- jackmeatMarch 20, 2025My quick rating - 6.5/10. As good as this movie is done, the whole time all I could think about was all the idiots out there that watch ASMR channels. I mean really people, if you need 20 minutes of someone crumpling up paper, pick up a piece of paper and do it. Soon after, call a therapist. The reason I say this is the planned escape of these three men is very methodical and precise. So when things such as sneaking around halls and not be heard, which is the MAIN example of the ASMR thing, a guard walking down a hall can take forever, and the obnoxiously loud breathing during said scene gets almost unbearable. But it keeps the tension going, that is for sure. Aside, from being massively distracted by this fact, the story is simple yet effective. And also based on the truth. Get locked up for your political ideals in South Africa, and immediately start plotting your escape. Worth the watch though, and quite interesting in how they go about it. Radcliffe definitely turns in one of his better performances here.
- Jason LaytonMarch 12, 2025powerful story
