The crash of the White Dream Filmed a year after Nelson Mandela came to power, Ralph Zieman’s film is an imprint of the political situation in South Africa in the 80s of the last century. The country, once one of the highest living standards in the world (for whites) and Africa (for blacks), has been subjected to mass black terror by the “Afican National Congress.” Partisans of Mandela attacked farms and staged terrorist attacks in major cities, not without the support of the USSR and some countries of the socialist camp.
The South African Police (SAP) played a key role in counterterrorism operations. This agency was engaged in the search and elimination of black terrorists in South Africa and sometimes abroad. Experienced SAP operative Andris Fury is assigned to infiltrate the ANC terrorist group and eliminate a field commander in Angola. Despite his Boer background and police background, the operative plays a delicate double agent game in an attempt to win the terrorists’ trust. After a long check and even a visit to Moscow, Agent Fury is fixed in the environment of his target, but he is waiting for a blow that he could not predict - the Motherland demands to stop the operation, it is decided to conduct political negotiations with terrorists.
The plot and implementation are similar in many ways to Ridley Scott’s “Collection of Lies” and Jeffrey Nachmanoff’s “Traitor.” A good spy thriller, one of the few objective films about the realities of South Africa in the last years of prosperity.
10 out of 10
