Any Man's Death 1988  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Clegg
Cast: John Savage, William Hickey, Mia Sara, Ernest Borgnine, Michael Lerner, James Ryan, Nancy Mulford, Robin Smith, Claudia Udy, James Whyle
While investigating a strange photograph, a reporter (John Savage) travels to Africa and discovers a former Nazi war criminal living among the natives.
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Bopha! 1993  PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Morgan Freeman
Cast: Danny Glover, Malcolm McDowell, Alfre Woodard, Marius Weyers, Maynard Eziashi, Malick Bowens, Fidelis Cheza, Eric Miyeni, Robin Smith, Eric Nobbs
Political unrest in South Africa, with its apartheid conflicts in the 1980s, is the setting for this insightful film. The generation gap between father and son results in tragedy when the son can no longer accept apartheid practices in his country.
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The Fall 2008 R, 117 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Tarsem Singh
Cast: Catinca Untari, Justine Waddell, Lee Pace, Kim Uylenbroek, Aiden Lithgow, Sean Gilder, Ronald France, Andrew Roussouw, Michael Huff, Grant Swanby, Emil Hostina, Robin Smith, Leo Bill, Daniel Caltagirone
While recovering from a fall she took while picking oranges, a young girl, Alexandria (Catinca Untari) makes friends with hospitalized paraplegic stuntman Roy Walker (Lee Pace) who tells her a story interweaving her family and hospital friends into the eerie tale of bandits, palaces, and evil rulers. In Walker's story, Pace takes the role of the Black Bandit and Untari plays his long lost daughter who joins his group seeking revenge on the evil Governor Odious (Daniel Caltagirone).
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Kickboxer 5 1995   R, 87 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Redemption: Kickboxer 5
Director: Kristine Peterson
Cast: Mark Dacascos, James Ryan, Geoff Meed, Tony Caprari, Greg Latter, Duane Porter, George Moolman, Rulan Booth, Robert Whitehead, Denney Pierce, John Hussey, Dale Cutts, Mathew Stewardson, Burton Richardson, Robin Smith
In (hopefully) the final "Kickboxer" film, Matt Reeves (Mark Dacascos) carries on as the champion kickboxer after the former champ, David Sloan, is killed. Matt heads to South Africa to take on the evil Negaal (James Ryan) who kills anyone who interferes in his nefarious plans. Violent–and bad.
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Running Free 1999  G, 82 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Adventure
Director: Sergei Bodrov
Cast: Chase Moore, Jan Decleir, Maria Geelbooi, Arie Verveen, Lukas Haas, Graham Clarke, Patrick Lyster, Morne Visser, Dan Robbertse, Nicholas Trueb, Robin Smith, Iluce Kgao
During 1944, while a cargo of work horses is aboard a ship headed to Africa, one of the mares gives birth to a foal, Lucky (Lucky's thoughts are narrated by Lukas Haas). When their ship docks, Lucky is separated from his mother and must go on without her. After a long train ride, the horses arrive in a mining town, and Lucky is adopted by orphaned stable boy Richard (Chase Moore). When the town's residents are forced to escape from enemy fire, Lucky is abandoned by Richard. Lucky flees into the nearby desert where he meets other animals and a young Bushman girl Nyka (Maria Geelbooi) who teach him lessons in how to survive in the wild environment.
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| 1. Any Man's Death (1988)
2. Bopha! (1993)
3. The Fall (2008)
4. Kickboxer 5 (1995)
aka: Redemption: Kickboxer 5
5. Running Free (1999)
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