A Small Town Called Descent
6.5
2010
1 hr 46 min
Drama
, Crime
Somewhere in a remote part of South Africa a heinous crime is committed. Against the backdrop of xenophobic riots that have swept across the country, two Zimbabwean brothers along with a local girl are brutally attacked. The older brother is burnt alive whilst his younger sibling and the girl are sodomised, raped and left for dead. Three investigators from the elite crime fighting unit known as the Scorpions are deployed to a small town called Descent.
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- Cast：
- Vusi Kunene , Paul Buckby , Vuyo Dabula , Getmore Sithole , Hlubi Mboya
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Overrated
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Absolutely Fantastic
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The acting in this movie is really good.
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I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.
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