Dangerous Ground (1997)
- Starring:
- Ice Cube, Elizabeth Hurley, (more)
- Director(s):
- Darrell James Roodt
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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In this drama, a South African exile returns to his homeland to find that justice hasn't brought peace. Vusi Madlazi (Ice Cube) is a student and political activist living in San Francisco; he was born in South Africa, but his connection to anti-apartheid rebels made his family fear for his life, so he was sent to the United States, where he's been ever since. When he attends his father's funeral, Vusi visits South Africa for the first time since the fall of apartheid and Nelson Mandela's rise to power. However, he discovers that not all the changes in his country have been for the better; drugs and gang violence have begun to overtake Soweto, and his older brother, once a dedicated anti-apartheid activist, isn't sure what to do with his life now that the changes he fought for have come. Vusi's mother asks a favor before he returns to America; his younger brother Steven (Eric Miyeni) has run away, and she wants Vusi to look for him. While searching for Steven, Vusi meets his brother's girlfriend Karin (Elizabeth Hurley), who works as an exotic dancer. It turns out that both Karin and Steven have become addicted to crack, and Steven's disappearance is probably linked to a $15,000 debt he owes to crime kingpin Muki (Ving Rhames). Director Darrell J. Roodt's previous film was Cry the Beloved Country (1995), the first major film produced in South Africa after the collapse of apartheid. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 96 mins
Complete Cast of Dangerous Ground
- Ice Cube - Vusi
- Ving Rhames - Muki
- Anthony Bishop - white thug
- Gys de Villiers - detective sergeant
- Isaac Mavimbela - Muki's men
- Robin Smith - iron guard
- Robert Whitehead - Sandton Hotel receptionist
- Secheba Morajele - Ernest
- Thokozani Nkosi - young Vusi
- Roslyn Morapedi - Vusi's mother
- Fana Mokena - youths
- Nkululeko Mabandla - youths
- Prophets of Da City - band in nightclub
- Ernest Mdlovu - Muki's men
- Simo Mogwaza - Muzi's men
- Eddy Msize - Muki's men
- Peter Nkwanyana - Muki's men
- Properous Ban - Muki's men
- Elizabeth Hurley - Karin
- Eric Miyeni - Steven
- Tony Caprari - bar owner
- Wilson Dunster - heavy policeman
- Ron Smerczak - interrogation policeman
- Themsi Times - black hooker
- Greg Latter - Sam
- Isaac Morojele - Ernest
- Peter Kubheka - Igquira
- Mabel Mafuya - woman
- Maimela Motubatse - youths
- Phetjaulimam Gresham - bellboy
- Helge Janssen - crack dealer
- Ike Kanupi - Muki's men
- Godfrey Dzingeni - Muki's men
- Candy Jack Lee - Chinese girl
- Ernest Mbanzi - Muki's men
- Veronica Mitchell - Muki's wife
- Director(s):
- Darrell James Roodt
- Writer(s):
- Darrell James Roodt, Greg Latter
- Producer(s):
- Darrell James Roodt, Gillian Gorfil
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Violence, Adult Situations)
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