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Stander

Director: Bronwen Hughes
Theatrical: 2004
Rated: R
Studio: Sony Pictures
Genre: Action & Adventure
Duration: 116
Media: Digital
Collection ID: 1362
DVD Details
Languages: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Sound: AC-3
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Picture Format: Widescreen
Discs: 1
Region: 1
Release:Dec 2004
Price: $14.94
Credits
Andre Stander
Thomas Jane
Lee McCall
Dexter Fletcher
Allan Heyl (as David Patrick O'Hara)
David O'Hara
Bekkie Stander
Deborah Kara Unger
Cor van Deventer
Ashley Taylor
General Stander
Marius Weyers
General Viljoen
At Botha
Sergeant Smit
Lionel Newton
Sharmiane
Melanie Merle
Ed Janis
Sean Else
Allums
Peter Gardner
Judge
Patrick Mynhardt
Lawyer
Wikus du Toit
Prosecutor
Drummond Marais
Young Lady
Nicole Abel
Himself
Lester Cohen
Himself
Jess Hall
Herself
Bronwen Hughes
Himself
Robert Ivison
Himself
Paul Raleigh
Herself
Julia Verdin
Summary
"Stander" is the compelling, true story of Andre Stander (superbly played by Tom--formerly Thomas--Jane), an Apartheid-era, South African police captain whose disgust over official repression of the nation's black majority--and his own, lethal participation in those policies--leads to his career as a bank robber. Captured, imprisoned, and on the run after a successful escape, Stander joins two partners (Dexter Fletcher, David Patrick O'Hara) in a long string of bank heists across the country, uncertain of his destiny but yearning for his estranged wife (Deborah Unger). Co-screenwriter and director Bronwen Hughes ("Forces of Nature") can't quite overcome the built-in redundancy of the film's latter half (lots of robberies, lots of disguises). But despite all the gunplay, "Stander" is most interesting for its understated fascination with the enigma of its anti-hero, who wreaks havoc yet is peculiarly committed to atoning--at great pain--for those actions he considers most unethical. "--Tom Keogh"