Title: Invictus
Year: 2009
Country: USA
Language: English, Afrikaans
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Director: Clint Eastwood
Writers: Anthony Peckham, John Carlin
Cast:
Morgan Freeman
Matt Damon
Tony Kgoroge
Patrick Mofokeng
Matt Stern
Julian Lewis Jones
Adjoa Andoh
Marguerite Wheatley
Leleti Khumalo
Rating: 6/10

The truth of why I didn’t watch this film until now is that politics and sport are literally the two things attract me least, nevertheless after a second thought, I would like to give Clint Eastwood another chance, anyway, how worse it could be?

So, the after effect is that it does make me apathetic in spite of the fact that technically speaking, this time Clint Eastwood may not deserve a standing ovation, but actually he did a decent job to strive for a lesser poignant affectation in viewing of the vast backdrop story of a world-famous ex-president of South Africa.

One thing I do enjoy in this film is the cinematography, reminds me of MYSTIC RIVER (2003) and MILLION DOLLAR BABY (2004), my favorite films of Mr. Eastwood (thanks to the same DP Tom Stern). The scene where the plane flied over the stadium is the eureka moment for me, otherwise I must admit that I have seen better.

The two Oscar-nominated leads Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon are surely watchable but way overrated in my own opinion, especially the latter, Matt is physically not a rugby player no matter how hard he tries, also his character is in lack of a deeper excavation. As for old Morgan, his imitation of Mandela is worthy of some compliments but does not make my top 5 list of 2009.

The biography genre usually is Clint’s masterpiece, the upcoming biopic of J. Edger has raised my expectation to an upmost peak (finger crossed for Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, Armie Hammer and Judi Dench). Hope it will get Mr. Eastwood another culmination as personally I show more respect towards those late bloomers.