Jump the Gun

Release Date: 1997-05-23

Overview: Set in Johannesburg, JUMP THE GUN follows the tangled lives of six very different working class characters, formerly kept apart by apartheid and now all striving to succeed in the new "rainbow nation". United by their insecurities - both physical and financial - the film follows their struggle to discover their niche in this brave new world, where opportunity beckons, but violence is always lurking.

Rating: 7 / 10

Cast

Baby Cele

as Gugu

Lionel Newton

as Clinton van Rooyen

Michele Burgers

as Minnie

Thulani Nyembe

as Bazooka

Rapulana Seiphemo

as Thabo