Stander Page #2

Synopsis: In the early 1980's, a white police officer (Andres Stander, played by Thomas Jane) in Johannesburg suffers a crisis of conscience due to his involvement in apartheid and becomes a notorious bank robber on the run. Then from 1983 to 1984, the "Stander gang" (Stander, Alan Heyl & Patrick McCall) rob as many as four banks a day.
Director(s): Bronwen Hughes
Production: Newmarket Films
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
62
Rotten Tomatoes:
73%
R
Year:
2003
111 min
Website
104 Views


I'll be in meetings all day

And what are these?

What's got into you?

I blew off some steam

That's all I needed

It won't happen again

If these are to make up for a week of nothing

but trouble, you can keep your roses

- But it might cost you the Bolton

- Oh, no

It'll only take two men.

I didn't believe him. Only two men.

He said, yeah, two men and a hundred blacks.

A hundred kaffirs.

That's rich.

What about

one man and 200 kaffirs, huh?

Bring it in.

We'll take care of it for you.

- Thanks very much.

- Thank you

Going around the corner!

So, he showed the teller the gun

and apparently threatened to blow his

head off if he didn't hand over the money

Anyone else hear that?

Uh, no. Apparently

they were quite busy at the time.

And then he exited through the front

of the bank, went into the street

The security guard pursued him,

but lost him immediately

Any description?

Evidently the same good looker

that hit the first bank

Put out an alert and stake out

the downtown banks

All right

Thanks, guys

The '68 Nederburg.

All right

Go ahead

Oh! Oh

And two of them, Andre

It's beautiful They're beautiful

We can't...

We can't afford these

There were old assets in my family

I decided it was time to cash in

Well, you certainly did

It's time you had something

as lovely as you are

Tell me everything's all right

Everything's all right

Nothing solid

He keeps his head down,

seems to know where the cameras are

Generic... six foot, suit, red hair

Red?

- Probably a disguise

- Yeah Right

I know It's been a bad day

You okay now?

I'm sure, miss, you've been

through this over and over...

but could you tell me

exactly what you saw?

- You

- Me?

I mean...

L- I don't know what I mean.

It's just he was, you know...

like you

Want to take me in, Captain?

I don't know Some kind of satisfaction

Fame, maybe?

Well, he's got our attention

I'll give him that

He keeps pushing, raising the stakes,

upping the ante

He's probably contemplating

something daring next

Something big

The airport

The foreign exchange windows

Morning flight arrivals

A thousand foreigners,

exchanging dollars, pounds, marks

- The airport, really? That's a stretch

- Maybe

But I got a feeling about this bugger

A very strong feeling

- Take a team, Cor Stake it out

- Okay

Yes, that is a firearm, but I don't intend

to use it Give me all your money

Captain Deventer?

What? Three? In an hour?

Wejust got these in.

He's one smooth oak

Something on your mind, Cor?

You know, Andre,

if you want to get away

just you and Bekkie, just to let

things settle away from this madness

I'll cover for you,

as long as it takes

I'll keep that in mind

As a friend, hey,

we all need a change of scenery

Captain Stander.

Sir, you are under arrest

I'll have to have your gun, Andre

We've had a 90-man team on you, Andre

What took you so long?

I'm not as good as you

You've gotten better

Could you please just turn around and

put your hands behind your back, please?

The state ofbank robberies

plaguing theJohannesburg area...

could finally come to an end

with a surprising arrest.

The suspect in the so-called "White Collar

Robber Case"has been captured.

In a startling turn of events...

an arrest was made of none other than

Johannesburg police Captain Andre Stander.

The extent of the captain's alleged

involvement in the robberies on the Reef...

is not determined at this time,

though 28 charges are pending.

Among them are several counts of

robbery, attempted murder, fraud...

illegal possession of firearms,

forgery and pottering.

More news after this.

I have three sons

who do motorcycle riding

Their clothes are just caked in mud

Does the defense have witnesses?

Uh, none.

Then do you have a statement,

Captain Stander...

before I consider judgment?

I'm tried for robbing banks

But I have killed unarmed people

That is not the business

of this court

Do you have anything more to say?

No

"The court only

attaches importance...

"to the accused's reckless

endangerment of innocent people...

"that he had sworn

to his country to protect

"No account is taken ofhis prior

record and commendations.

The court sentences former Captain

Andre Stander to 32 years imprisonment"

Dirty f***ing Harry

He won't last long

Really? Who's got the balls?

You, Lee?

Hey! That psycho kidnapper

will be out before you.

How does that make you feel, supercop?

Lee McCall.

I used to hit banks...

back home in Australia

You're not Australian, you bastard.

Sing the national anthem, then

Wallaby and Kangaroo

Will ever runnin'

be free and... true...

- I'm f***in'no Australian...

- Lee McCall

You've been inside

11 of the last 12 years

Bad checks, stolen cars, credit cards

Small-time habitual.

Hit the bank?

You've never even had an account

Why, it sounds like you know me

Your file crossed my desk once

"The car must stay full of petrol

"Ask my father to please empty my treasure

chest and put the money in the boot

"Shift the seat back please, Bekk,

I may be handcuffed.

"I feel like the lowest of the low

for asking you these things

Or are you enjoying

the adventure?"

- How did he get it past them?

- Oh, he didn't

A friend of mine slipped it to me

before the press got hold of it

He's a flight risk now.

One letter a month, no visitation rights.

- Would you have helped him?

- Of course

If he had been caught,

the appeal would have been denied

Bekkie, I may be selfish, but that is the only

hope I have of seeing him out before I die

Please.

Don't encourage him.

Oh, Bekkie

There are parts of Andre

I'm afraid we'll never know

You didn't marry him twice

My friend, Cor.

After two years in here,

I am an honest man.

I no longer worry

that I'm living a lie.

I have more respect for the sorted

criminals I find myself amongst...

than I did for the cops

I used to know.

Thugs, bullies, cut-up buggers...

smoking stolen cigars

at my very own wedding.

Robbed goods paid out in the name

of so-called protection.

I'd rather rob a bank than accept

a gift that was given out of fear.

Oh, not for me

I've got a half shoulder

- Parachuting accident

- Right

How do you spell parachute? Eh?

I don't know

Hey, asslicker!

Brownnoser!

I'm on to you

- I want to take a trade test

- Who gives a sh*t?

On the 31 st

Outside these walls

Outside. Really?

You're soft

I think you've lost your nerve

I don't need to prove myself to you

I was robbing banks years before you

I robbed my first bank with my finger

- With your finger?

- Yeah

- Really?

- Really

You swine

See, I was born to it

Chaos It's all I know

Well, Allan, when I get out,

maybe I'll come back and get you

Thank you, but, uh,

that's not how I see it, Andre

When I get out,

I'll come back and get you

- You hear that, McCall?

- What?

- Heyl thinks he'll beat us to it

- Huh?

Scrum up!

Engage!

Oh, God!

Your mother balls!

F***in'does cop

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