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Jump the Gun
Film / 1997

Jump the Gun

Directed by Les Blair
Comedy

★ 7.5/10Audience rating

Set in Johannesburg, JUMP THE GUN follows the tangled lives of six very different working class characters, formerly kept apart by apartheid and now all striving to succeed in the new "rainbow nation". United by their insecurities - both physical and financial - the film follows their struggle to discover their niche in this brave new world, where opportunity beckons, but violence is always lurking.

The story

Set in Johannesburg, JUMP THE GUN follows the tangled lives of six very different working class characters, formerly kept apart by apartheid and now all striving to succeed in the new "rainbow nation". United by their insecurities - both physical and financial - the film follows their struggle to discover their niche in this brave new world, where opportunity beckons, but violence is always lurking.

Cast

Baby CeleGugu Lionel NewtonClinton van Rooyen Michele BurgersMinnie Thulani NyembeBazooka Rapulana SeiphemoThabo Danny KeoghJ.J. Marcel Van HeerdenJohnny Fouché Nomsa NeneSis Buleng Grace MahlabaPuthi Joe NinaHenry John Simon JonesGun Shop Owner (as Simon Jones) Sam MofokengOupa (as Sam Ntshenki Mofokeng)
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Fana MokoenaMan in shacks Michael KetoaBoy in Gunshop Themba NdabaJewellery shop robber Patrick NdlovuSello Francois StemmetParty Host

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