
Escape from Pretoria
2020 | 1h 46m | Thriller
Two white South Africans, imprisoned for working on behalf of the ANC, determine to escape from the notorious white man's 'Robben Island', Pretoria Prison.
First-time director Francis Annan makes use of his small budget with inventive camera work and in the design of meticulous and purposely repetitive set-pieces that are often agonising to watch.| Read in full: Escape from Pretoria movie review We Love Cinema
The film has something pleasingly traditional about it, with tense nailbiting moments, slab-faced guards, and touches of The Great Escape and Papillon.The Guardian
Despite an inherently cinematic story and some effective sequences, Escape From Pretoria struggles to transcend a clunky, one-dimensional script.Empire