Santana (2020) User Reviews

Very amateur work but deserves to be watched for being a pioneer.

[corceiro · 5/10 · 30 August 2020]

I'm Portuguese and so I was curious to see this first "action film made in Angola". It is evident that the film is not well written nor has anything extraordinarily positive, but we must not forget that Angola has almost no path in the film industry. I would consider it a pioneer and demonstrate an honest will to do something that reaches the public. By the way, unfortunately, we know that corruption rules this wonderful country in Africa and that if there is a truly honest police interested in arresting criminals, there will be a lot of work ahead of them. In the middle of the film, the minister says that "we cannot jeopardize the country's reputation", which turns out to be a comic speech. Amateurism in many aspects of the film clearly compromises him but with a little effort we managed to reach the end, knowing that we are witnessing a historic work.

Santana Netflix Film 2020

[lucymwelu · 4/10 · 1 September 2020]

Although the characters are wanting and the action scenes not as well executed, the film is a phenomenal trial and a bold move towards this particular genre.

Ok

[stylianosoteriou · 4/10 · 29 August 2020]

Not the best movie but not the worse also! Hope next one will be bettwr!

A good movie this lock down

[manofsteel-21187 · 28 August 2020]

You will have a good timepass during this lockdown. This movie will not disappoint you. The movie is not worst at all. But I know you would be able yo watch antly movie during this pandemic coz. You won't have anything to pass your time. So, I wanna say this is a good movie to watch. And sorryy for not saying anything about this movie in this review, because I want everyone to watch this movie because this is not a bad movie. So finally Thank You for reading my review. Have a good day. May god bless you all who are reading my review and may you be blessed and and family may be blessed too. Take care all of you who are reading this review.

Terrible... And I'm Angolan.

[fruhz · 2/10 · 7 September 2020]

When you make a movie, you need to understand that you're telling a story. So, dialogue and narrative are extremely important. With that said, this is by far the worst dialogue I've seen in the past few years; I'm Angolan and I couldn't finish watching this movie.

A movie can also be a portrayal of a society. This movie also failed at that. That is not how Angolan people talk, move or act. So, what is your movie trying to accomplish really?

Now, moving forward, look to Brazillians as an example. They focus on character development and story (City of God, Tropa de Elite, etc). Focus on THAT!

Not Carlos

[kosmasp · 5/10 · 11 November 2020]

Not all Netflix movies or productions are great. But that does not also mean, that if something is not great, it does not merit watching. I would file this in this category. You have action and tension, even if there are quite a few flaws, predictibility and other things.

Now of course there may be fans, not just of the genre, but of African movies in general. Or low budget effort if you compare this to Hollywood or other big productions. The characters here are finely drawn - not as accessible as others but still distinguishable. Not great then, but also not the worst I've seen

4 is enough

[engrmoteb · 4/10 · 30 August 2020]

Not recommended there is a lots of movies better than this. cinematography Is poor

Another worst action film! Full of annoying overuse scene, the action scene also quite messy and bored! Not recommended!

[kwenchow · 1/10 · 12 September 2020]

This film start with a mother letting her son into her house to watch TV, and two intruders shooting at the son and mother scene! As turnout, this film is about two brothers of Santana need to revenge for the death of their parents by killing the mastermind "Ferreira"! Entire film full of boring conversation, and annoying overuse scene! Such as, overuse of the partying scene, overuse of the blackout scene, overuse the suffering trauma scene, and overuse of the hallucinate scene! Make the film unwatchable! All the action scene in the film have things broken, and blood at certain point, but overall full of slow motion, portray by sideways and messy like hell! At the end, Ferreira been kill! His brother want to revenge for him! That's it! Wasting time to watch!

Life is too short...

[imdb-16427 · 1/10 · 28 August 2020]

Seriously, don't. Trust me. I have lived a long time. The time i wasted watching this utter rubbish cannot be retrieved. If you have the option, find something else. Anything else. Sorry.

No spoilers.

Could have had better ending

[c-87200 · 7/10 · 28 August 2020]

Great movie. The entire movie was fantastic. Just disappointing ending. The ending was too linear and frankly, stupid

It's so bad it's funny... sometimes!

[eJay17 · 2/10 · 14 September 2020]

This is when you put almost all action and sensation cliches in story. Result is awkward, uninspired and sometimes funny as hell. It's almost Miami Vice Afrika Version, however black magic part broke almost everything.

Actions scenes are bad, with green screen and shaky camera movement. Editing is rushed (especially ending). I appreciate director's ideas, but this movie is plain bad.

2/10

Good African action film - different perspective

[hello-44055 · 9/10 · 30 August 2020]

I wasn't sure what to expect from an African action film, but this was fun to watch and kept me interested. The quality was much better than expected, kind of a Hollywood auctioneer on a low budget, but done well. I don't know what the haters on are on about here, I guess they just don't like anything that isn't $100 million. If you're looking for a good action film and story from a different perspective you won't be disappointed.

Good experience

[donavan-uk · 7/10 · 1 September 2020]

Good work with many technical problems. An extremely low budget and a movie created in a country without consistent cinema culture. Imagine how you would evaluate a movie shot in Europe or USA many many decades ago. That's it. It is really a good movie considering the resources that they had available.

Santana what?

[fmatt-88980 · 3/10 · 5 September 2020]

This is what happens when you allow rank amateurs to handle cameras, editing equipment, music, yes there was a soundtrack to this mess, and good actors' careers. A decent story in a country we didn't know about, with actors we will never see again,except for David O'Hara, who was probably paid more than this movie will make. The producer/directors couldn't make up their minds on whether to make a movie for and about Africans or attempt to make a movie for Netflix. This was a jumbled mess!

Waste of time

[AliASannouh · 1/10 · 29 August 2020]

I have seen alot of bad movies in my life but this one is the worst,the story in general is very poor and boring.

The worst movie I have ever seen

[khalidkmh · 1/10 · 23 September 2020]

Very bad movie don't wast your time. Bad quality of picture.. Terrible Acting. Nothing good at all

Bad, Bad & Bad!

[deep-shinde2008 · 1/10 · 9 September 2020]

Don't waste time watching it. Not everything is worth watching on Netflix. This one is a remake Dias Santana (2016). CGI, Acting, Direction, screenplay....everything is amateurish about this project.

So boring

[ownedu · 1/10 · 16 September 2020]

So boring and low quality effects. The story is predictable .

Worse movie

[thapelomkhabela · 1/10 · 30 August 2020]

This is by far the worse movie of 2020.. I found myself wondering when it's gonna end or at least get interesting, definitely not worth it..

African movies and series

[wungxan · 7/10 · 3 September 2020]

I'm from South Korea and I've been watching many movies and series from Africa lately. I'm happy that I found this one and, despite the fact that it does have some technical issues, the overall story it is telling is very interesting. Personally, I'd enjoy it even more if they had shown more clearly the political scenario of Angola from when the story happens! I also wish they had proper tools to develop their works with more quality in Africa.

A bad movie

[sh-40056 · 1/10 · 30 August 2020]

I think a group of friends at the disco decided to make this movie... A very bad movie I don't recommend watching. Your ear got sick before your eye because of loud music.

Exciting

[Movie_lover69 · 10/10 · 28 August 2020]

Loved the movie, the storyline is exciting. A lil too much sex scenes to be honest, but a very good movie. I've heard about Angola and South African, never been there but I am truly happy they got to show exactly how people live there. Some very poor homes you see in the movie are the same from books and pictures I've seen. I am happy for Africa

The beginning of an ambitious project

[alukenyneinda · 6/10 · 3 September 2020]

In overall I liked the movie. It was made in a low budget and it is one of first movies of its category. You're not supposed to be comparing it with multimillion dollar budget Hollywood movies. Moreover, as someone stated below, Angola does not finance nor have degrees in cinema. I am proud of this project and eager to watch the sequence. Come on, the first Angolan movie in Netflix!! It's not perfect, it has several errors of continuation and there's something missing in the argument. But it was a very good effort and Team should be proud and feel accomplished! A beautiful day to be an Angolan woman!

I registered for IMDB just to give this movie a review

[rrvillanueva-42815 · 1/10 · 30 August 2020]

Complete trash. Don't waste your time watching this movie. Premature story line. I think a bunch of college students decided to make this movie during lock down. Trust me.

Worst movie ever

[darshanhancy · 1/10 · 29 August 2020]

I haven't watched movie like this before.....there is no timing of action and everything......if u watch than you will definitely regret .