Zak wants nothing but a quiet reformed life until one life-altering incident sets him on a path of vengeance through everyone who thought he was finished.
The cast is a murderers’ row of South African talent — Mokoena, Masemola, Mantsai — and every scene crackles accordingly. The violence is brutal but never empty; the film keeps asking what reform is worth in a country that never forgets.
Verdict: Gritty, superbly acted, and the strongest SA thriller of the year.