Not much to say about such tame film-making.

Rating: 3/10 (20 September 2010)

INVICTUS is a major disappointment from Clint Eastwood, and the film doesn't add much to his great achievements of his latter directional career. It's sadly tame, and doesn't seem very inspired, and all of the rawness and emotional impact we've befriended Eastwood with lately is all gone. Morgan Freeman plays it straight as Nelson Mandela, and as he's become one of the modern world's "untouchables" we never get under his skin much more than we'd get from watching another news clip of him, and when it comes to Matt Damon's stale performance, there's really not much to say. The film is all done with an assured hand, and it's all neat and comfortable, and so it feels like it's directed by Ron Howard, and that's not a good thing.