The Shakedown

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The Shakedown

2024

1h 44m

Comedy

Crime

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When his mistress threatens to expose the secret of their affair, a respectable medical aid broker seeks the help of his criminal underworld brother to save his reputation.

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Josiah Teal

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Despite the early struggles, The Shakedown evolves into a narrative that is dripping in dramatic irony and features one of the best accidental headshots since Pulp Fiction.

Rated: 7.5/10

Aug 9, 2024

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Andrea Chase

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A bonkers black comedy that celebrates family values with a body count.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 8, 2024

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Daniel Hart

Ready Steady Cut

This Cape Town crime comedy movie is exhausting and tedious, and not even outrageous sex dolls could save it.

Rated: 1.5/5

Aug 8, 2024

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Mark Dujsik

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[I]t miscalculates in trying to make a sympathetic figure of the haplessly misguided protagonist...

Rated: 2/4

Aug 8, 2024

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Good fun with twists and turns. Good message to be kind to ourselves. We all mess up sometimes, but we can't let it define us or prejudice others.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/12/24

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When his mistress threatens to expose the secret of their affair, a respectable medical aid broker seeks the help of his criminal underworld brother to save his reputation.

Director: Ari Kruger
Producer: Sune Wolmarans
Screenwriter: Ari Kruger, Daniel Zimbler
Distributor: Prime Video
Production Co: Sketchbook Studios
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 8, 2024
Runtime: 1h 44m

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