Invictus (2009)

Invictus

Directed by Clint Eastwood

Starring: Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman

Rating: 8/10

Proudly South African All the way!

In Late 2009 November, the film about an African President struggling to help people in a segregated country came to the big screen directed by the legendary Director/actor who created films such as Million Dollar Baby (2007), Gran Torino (2008) and my all time favorite The Letters to Iwo Jima (2008).

The President was Nelson Mandela a true hero, in the real sense of the word. The story is based on the John Carlin book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Changed a Nation, which involved the story of the South African Springboks team who were regarded as the worst team and a disgrace to the country.

It was Mandela and Francois Pienaar (captain of the Rugby team) who changed the nations way of thinking and brought the whites and blacks together through the spirit of sport.

A wonderful emotional journey which would make any South African shed a tear-as for avid film watchers a great biographical treat with a few Historical inaccuracies but don't let that ruin it for you. Morgan Freeman has truly brought Mandela to the screen in image and in mind.

Very well done to Clint Eastwood.