Stander is a 2003

2003 in film

The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...

 biographical film about Captain André Stander

Andre Stander

Andre Stander was a Police Captain at the CID branch of Kempton Park Police Station, South Africa who began robbing banks in the 1970s and later became known in popular media as the head of the "Stander Gang" in the early 1980s...

, a South African police officer

Police officer

A police officer is a warranted employee of a police force...

 who turned into a bank robber, starring Thomas Jane

Thomas Jane

Thomas Jane is an American actor known for his roles in the 1999 film Deep Blue Sea, the 2001 TV film 61*, the 2004 film The Punisher and the 2007 Stephen King adaptation The Mist...

.

Reception

Stander received mostly positive reviews from critics. Movie magazine Empire gave it four stars out of five saying "a star turn that shifts Jane up a notch or two and a career best performance". Nev Pierce of the BBC

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 gave it four stars as well. It is rated Fresh at 72% and received a Fresh rating of 75% on "Cream of the Crop" on the Rotten Tomatoes

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 website.

Cast

• Thomas Jane
  Thomas Jane
  Thomas Jane is an American actor known for his roles in the 1999 film Deep Blue Sea, the 2001 TV film 61*, the 2004 film The Punisher and the 2007 Stephen King adaptation The Mist...
  
   - Andre Stander
  Andre Stander
  Andre Stander was a Police Captain at the CID branch of Kempton Park Police Station, South Africa who began robbing banks in the 1970s and later became known in popular media as the head of the "Stander Gang" in the early 1980s...
  
  
• Deborah Kara Unger
  Deborah Kara Unger
  Deborah Kara Unger is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles in the films Crash , The Game , The Hurricane , White Noise , Silent Hill and 88 Minutes...
  
   - Bekkie Stander
• Ashley Taylor - Cor van Deventer
• David O'Hara
  David O'Hara
  David O'Hara is a Scottish actor.-Life and career:O'Hara was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Martha and Patrick O'Hara, a construction worker....
  
   - Allan Heyl
  Allan Heyl
  George Allan Heyl is the last surviving member of the Stander Gang of South African bank robbers.Heyl met his accomplices Andre Stander and Lee McCall in 1977, while they were in prison together ; Stander and McCall escaped from prison in August 1983, and broke Heyl out in October of that same...
  
  
• Dexter Fletcher
  Dexter Fletcher
  Dexter Fletcher is an English actor. He is best known for his role in Guy Ritchie film, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels as well as television roles in such shows as the dramedy Hotel Babylon, the critically acclaimed HBO series Band of Brothers and earlier in his career, the children's show...
  
   - Lee McCall
  Lee McCall
  Lee McCall was a member of the Stander Gang, a group of three escaped convicts who went on a bank robbing spree in South Africa from October 1983 until February 1984. The group was named for Andre Stander, who gained fame for having been a Captain of Detectives in the Johannesburg Police when he...
  
  

Ratings

• The MPAA rating is rated R for violence, language, some sexuality and nudity.
• The BBFC rating is rated 15 for strong language, sex and violence.

Awards and nominations (2005)

• The film was nominated for a Genie Award
  Genie Award
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  for Best Achievement in Direction.