I think that the film would have greatly improved had it spent more time delving in to Andre Stander's psychology or his double life as a police officer/bank robber. As it stands, most of the film seems to be about his bank robbery spree. The psychology of such a character is potentially fascinating but as it stands in the film, Andre Stander is not totally explored. He seems to do it more out of anger or thrills or boredom but it is never totally clarified which it is though it seems to be a combination of the three.
I know that there were a lot of real life events that constrained the ability to tell the story in the film and I understand that.
I wrote on another board that American actors could not do accents. I am not South African nor do I know all of the subtle minutiae of a South African accent but Thomas Jane seemed to pull one off. It didn't seem to disappear for a few minutes at a time or sound radically different from the other characters. Congratulations to him on an excellent performance.
I know that there were a lot of real life events that constrained the ability to tell the story in the film and I understand that.
I wrote on another board that American actors could not do accents. I am not South African nor do I know all of the subtle minutiae of a South African accent but Thomas Jane seemed to pull one off. It didn't seem to disappear for a few minutes at a time or sound radically different from the other characters. Congratulations to him on an excellent performance.