5.0 out of 5 based on 9 reviews. – Customer review on 07/12/2009

Two brilliant movies from the 1980's, digitally remastered on one DVD. An old favourite about an African man who finds a coke bottle thrown from a plane and when it brings disaster to his tribe, he decides it must be returned to the Gods, who he thinks it has come from.
Good family movie that will remain a classic for many years.

5.0 out of 5 based on 9 reviews. – Customer review on 30/01/2008

I remember this film from my childhood. Still very funny, just a bit disappointed at number 1. The female is a South African actress, but it is not her voice. She sounds like an American, would be better if they used the original soundtrack, but overall still a great collection.

4.0 out of 5 based on 9 reviews. – Customer review on 02/07/2007

This movie is not a big budget action film, this movie is not an emotional soap opera, or a tearjerker, this is a simple little film about the simple things in life. This South African produced film has proven to be one of the best I have seen in quite a long time. N!xau, a native bushman plays a bushman in this movie. A coke bottle has destroyed his villages life as it has been proven to be an excellent tool, but everyone wants it. So the young Bushman is told by the village elders to throw the ‘evil thing' off the ends of the earth.

On his long and perilous journey he runs into all kinds of different people, some terrorists, a man studying animals, an uptight urban teacher, and some trouble along the way, obviously. The movie is just so funny, the film is told from the point of view of the bushman, and is poignant as well. The movie manages to be very different, and extremely unconventional, at least by American standards.

I have to admit I am glad I got to see this movie. A lot of great foreign films do not make it over to America, and that is sad, but this movie is excellent, it is funny, sweet, and all around one of the best movies I have seen. The writing is congruent and sharp, the performances do not at all seemed forced and the ensemble here manage to come off appropriately hilarious without taking away from the plot.

There are some political overtones here as well, as the movie takes a few shots at apartheid, when it was still around. Also in my mind the movie is extremely satirical of the instability that the region faces. The funniest part of the movie were the terrorists. They were so incredibly inept and silly I couldn't help laugh at them. If they weren't tripping over closing doors they were tripping over themselves.

Marius Weyers as the biologist who is clumsy but well meaning also steals the show, and his assistant, played by Louw Verway is excellent, but the real star of the show is N!Xau, who makes such an excellent lead and does wonderful here. What amazes me about him was he was about forty when he did this film. There is no way for him to know when he was born, but the man looks so youthful, it is incredible, I thought he was a teenager! Shows you how much I know. Anyway see this incredible film, it is more than worth it.

2.0 out of 5 based on 9 reviews. – Customer review on 30/06/2007

This movie is hilarious. I have never laughed so much ever. It has great acting, affects, dialogue, and especially superb humour – everything you need in a great movie. The movie does have a few scenes that drag out but all in all it’s a must have for all comedy fans and is suitable for basically all ages. It’s a must have, so buy it – You definitely won’t be disappointedd

5.0 out of 5 based on 9 reviews. – Customer review on 23/06/2007

I enjoyed this DVD because it looked at a bushmen tibe that are basicly extinct and combined it with the serious violent activities happening from time to time in that part of Africa. The ugly brutality is replaced with humuors acts and much enjoyed. i have watched this a couple of times and still enjoy it everytime.

3.0 out of 5 based on 9 reviews. – Customer review on 18/06/2007

It seemed simplistic, yet it was so brilliant in its execution that it ranks as one of the more interesting films of the last century. Unique and different, this film showed a different side of Africa and introduced one of the few genuine characters in the African Bushman. Highly recommended for anyone who has not seen this film. If you can find it, rent it.

5.0 out of 5 based on 9 reviews. – Customer review on 15/06/2007

These two films are absolutly gems of a watch for a family or if you want to just have a geat laugh. This is an amazing brand of African humor. It is an aquired taste of slam stick comedy that it rather frightening at times at how dangerous things are in the African desert. A rating of 10 out of 10 for this outstanding little film.

5.0 out of 5 based on 9 reviews. – Customer review on 26/05/2007

Such a cute set of movies! An interesting take on the effects of globalisation. We in the West are very quick to judge these people for their beliefs but 200 years ago we were just as blinkered. Very little English is spoken and the lady who runs up a tree is funny. Great for some light relief.

4.0 out of 5 based on 9 reviews. – Customer review on 31/10/2006

This was a strange movie when it came out, and I still don't know how it could've spawned a sequel. Basically it's all about an African tribe in the desert who one day find that a glass bottle falls from the sky and they assume it has come from their gods when it actually came from a pilot throwing it out of a plane, and they find a good use for it but it ends up becoming a weapon and the tribe wonders whether it was a good or a bad offering from the gods or not. It's an interesting social commentary on how civilisation while useful can also be harsh on people.