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Last modified on Thu 4 Feb 2021 06.06 EST This South African-made action-drama unfolds against the background of a conflict little known about above the equator, much less used as a setting for film â the Namibian war of independence from 1966-90, AKA the South African border war. Often considered South Africaâs version of Vietnam, it was, among other things, a proxy fight between South Africa, then still under apartheid, and its allies at the time, and the Peopleâs Liberation Army of Namibia, who were backed by the Soviet Union and Cuba. Although thereâs a fair amount of on-screen contextualising in the opening minutes to explain key terms and ideas, The Recce feels made for a local audience that has a grasp of the cultural and historical background. That means itâs not easy for outsiders to read the ideology of this stylised, fictional account of an elite Afrikaner soldier, Henk Viljoen (Greg Kriek), the ârecceâ, who is ordered to go ac ....
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