Jacob King, a mysterious outsider from South Africa, arrives in Los Angeles to look for his missing younger sister.Jacob King, a mysterious outsider from South Africa, arrives in Los Angeles to look for his missing younger sister.Jacob King, a mysterious outsider from South Africa, arrives in Los Angeles to look for his missing younger sister.
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- TriviaChadwick Boseman stated in an interview that he based his accent he uses for the Marvel character Black Panther from a film he was working on where he played a man from South Africa. This is the film to which he was referring.
- GoofsTowards the end of the film when Jacob is giving a goodbye sendoff to Kelly and her daughter on the bridge before they get on the bus, there are no official charter bus stops on the 6th Street Viaduct Bridge or any Los Angeles bridges (which has since been demolished) Only in emergencies are unofficial stops made. This was solely created for the movie.
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[first lines]
Woman: [on voice message, crying] Jacob, it's Bianca. I'm in trouble. I need your help, please. I have something they want. Jacob, I don't know what to do. Please, call me.
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Chadwick Boseman Movie Moments We Love (2020)
Featured review
This movie shows you what cinema should look like. This old craft of making movies with tempo, cinematography, editing and score is deprived of all imprints of judgement, opinion or the director's indulging in his pretentious personality as many directors strive to do these days; it seems that the director has nothing to prove but only the commitment to telling a beautiful masterful story filmed with excellence and craftsmanship. The goal here is to learn what real cinema is. Everything serves the story, everything is well balanced. It's an exercise in genre and a director's pure intentions to making only cinema. You don't get pitiful emotion or euphoric fake bliss you only marvel in excellence. No shot is overrated, no emotion is fake. This is a work of a master. And these days masters are found in Europe. It brought me back to my film school days when I was in awe with the great directors of past and how they can create a work of art without the excesses of today's cinematic work that is riddled with uselessness and has no soul or beauty. Mind you, this is not a masterpiece, far from it; rather this is a lesson of what true cinema is... Watch it and be in awe...
- theredandwhitekey
- Aug 5, 2017
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- Thông Điệp Từ Nhà Vua
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- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $315,132
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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