Too much Donald Woods not enough Steve Biko
This film should have been more about the charismatic character of Steve Biko (played by the brilliant Denzel Washington). Too much of the movie seemed to be concerned with the escape to Lesotho of Donald Woods (how many times did it show him nearly getting caught?). Although this was interesting it is fairly insignificant compared to the effect Steve Biko had on the eventual disintegration of Apartheid. The problem I would say that at this time Kevin Kline was a much bigger star than Denzel Washington.
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