Fresh
Beautifully produced and gorgeously shot on location in Zimbabwe by lenser Dean Semler, picture has depth, dimension and first-rate casting.
Variety Staff, Variety
The Power of One
An exhilarating epic of a triumph of the heart.
1992 · 2h 7m · PG-13
Drama
Directed by
John G. Avildsen
Overview
PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel teaches him how to box with the motto “fight with your fists and lead with your heart”. As he grows to manhood, PK uses these words to take on the system and the injustices he sees around him - and finds that one person really can make a difference.
Director and cast
- John G. Avildsen Director
- Nomadlozi Kubheka as Nanny
- Agatha Hurle as Midwife
- Nigel Ivy as P.K. Newborn
- Tracy Brooks Swope as Mother
- Brendan Deary as P.K. Infant
- Winston Mangwarara as Tonderai Infant
- Alois Moyo as Gideon Duma
- Guy Witcher as P.K. Age 7
- Marius Weyers as Prof. Daniel Marais
- Tonderai Masenda as Tonderai
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
39%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Avildsen draws good performances from the three actors who play PK, as well as from the ever-reliable Freeman and Muller-Stahl, but subtlety is abandoned when he focuses on the ring and teen romance.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Rotten
The film's facile treatment of racial issues may be enough to bring back the practice of throwing tomatoes at the screen.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
A violent cartoon that trivializes apartheid. If there's any justice, the birds of loneliness will be circling the box office.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten
It's resounding bunk, candied over with the lush music of Johnny Clegg and hyped to death by director John ("Rocky") Avildsen.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
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