Blu-rays, DVDs & more
eBay affliate link
Art of the Movies
Buy posters on MoviePoster.com
IMDb
Jerusalema movie stills
Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes
Mike Hale, New York Times: It's easy to overlook the formulas and just enjoy the ride. Read more
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: Startlingly original, if occasionally overambitious. This is Tsotsi without the feel-good glow, a tale of entrepreneurship's perils and boundless pleasures. Read more
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: Rags-to-riches tale cut from the same cloth as City of God, Goodfellas and Scarface. Read more
V.A. Musetto, New York Post: The opening credits of Gangster's Paradise note that it was "inspired by real events." It would be more accurate to say that the film was inspired by Brian De Palma's Scarface and similar fare. Read more
Trevor Johnston, Time Out: Writer-director Ralph Ziman strings it all together with slick competence, but given that leading man Rapulana Seiphemo does a persuasive line in moral ambiguity, it's disappointing that the proceedings too often default to glib shoot-'em-up. Read more
Nick Schager, Village Voice: Though South Africa's racial strife is frequently invoked, sociopolitical inquiry takes a backseat to creaky gangster-cinema tropes. Read more