Dangerous Ground
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Dangerous Ground | |
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Directed by | Darrell Roodt |
Produced by | Gillian Gorfil Darrell Roodt |
Written by | Greg Latter Darrell Roodt |
Starring | Ice Cube Elizabeth Hurley Ving Rhames |
Music by | Stanley Clarke |
Cinematography | Paul Gilpin |
Editing by | David Heitner |
Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
Release date(s) | February 12, 1997 |
Running time | 95 min. |
Language | English |
Budget | $28,000,000 |
Gross revenue | US $5,406,742 |
IMDb profile |
Dangerous Ground is a 1997 thriller starring Elizabeth Hurley and Ice Cube. It was directed by Darrell Roodt and written by Greg Latter and Darrell Roodt.
Plot
Dangerous Ground tells the story of Vusi Madlazi (Cube), a South Africa native exiled to America escaping his past as an anti-apartheid revolutionary. He returns to South Africa on news of his father's death and funeral. When he returns he must adapt to the new settings in a country adjusting to the destruction of apartheid. When his elder brother, Earnest, tells Vusi he couldn't contact their younger brother, Stephen, he is asked by his mother to search out for him in Johannesburg. While searching, Vusi finds Stephen's girlfriend, Karin (Hurley). Karin explains that Stephen has stolen money from a drug dealer named Muki(Rhames). From there Vusi sets out determined to get his brother back, or die trying.