Zulu - The South African “City of Violence”

Zulu is a Jérôme Salle is a crime, action, and thriller movie film produced and released in 2013. Tense and dark, it will bring out your deepest emotions of sadness, anger, as well as impress you with the bravery and standards of the main characters. 

Three South African detectives Ali Sokhela (Forest Whitaker), Brian Epkeen (Orlando Bloom), and Dan Fletcher (Conrad Kemp) are investigating the murder of a young girl in Cape Town Botanical Garden. Their investigation leads them to a drug trafficking channel that distributes a specific new form of toke that causes psychologically manipulating effects. 

The investigation leads them close to local drug lords and in one of those close violent encounters, Dan is deeply wounded and dies later on in the hospital. A local criminal has been accused of the death of the girl as well as for another woman's death that has been murdered the same way. The second victim has the sign of the Zulu drug group on her chest, but the police close the case by accusing Stan. The two police detectives conduct a private investigation to start with interrogating the victim’s best friend onwards to analyze the origin of the drugs. Their investigation leads them to the “Project Coast” and they uncover the identity of Doctor Joost Opperman, a scientist that was producing chemical weapons to be released in the Soviet Union in the time of the cold war. The “Project Coast '' was created to generate a biological weapon to eliminate the black race in the South African Territory. 

This is a strong in tone movie which keeps the viewer awarel about the suffering of the main characters as well as the victims of Doctor Joost Opperman. In parallel with the main action, there are the life stories of the three detectives involved. Ali has severe early childhood memories of his father being murdered and his mother being violently attacked in front of his own eyes. Brian is going through a difficult time after his divorce having trouble stabilizing his life and his ex-wife Ruby is also getting involved in the story. The story leads these two brave men to the very heart of the drug lord’s headquarters and in the process of destroying his kingdom and arresting his collaboration.

If you enjoy complex and moving drama, Zulu is for you.