Written and directed by Steven Silver, The Bang Bang Club is based on the real life story of four photojournalists who documented the violent events in South Africa during the Apartheid period between 1990 and 1994.
The film stars Taylor Kitsch and Ryan Phillippe as two of the four male photographers, and Malin Akerman as a photo editor for a newspaper called "The Sun" who prints the controversial photographs. I had high expectations after seeing the trailer for this movie. I haven't really been a huge fan of Ryan Phillippe, who besides proving that he is a pretty boy has not done much to prove himself as an actor. I am a fan of Taylor Kitsch after seeing him in a few episodes of Friday Night Lights, and Malin Akerman is hilariously perfect in the comedies that I've seen her in (namely, 27 Dresses). That being said, I felt that Akerman's character was so unnecessary in this film. She was basically inputted into the plot by providing a love interest for Phillippe's character. Further, Ryan Phillippe's portrayal of rookie but daring photographer Greg Marinovich was neither bad nor good. In my opinion, he wasn't the least bit memorable. The true highlight in the acting department came from Taylor Kitsch as the drug-addicted Kevin Carter.
The movie was slightly interesting, but there was nothing outstanding about it. While I am not sure how much they stayed true to the actual story in which this film is based off of, The Bang Bang Club is at the most, a passable film.
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