{"id":100265,"date":"2016-08-02T13:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=100265"},"modified":"2016-08-02T13:01:25","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T11:01:25","slug":"the-biggest-movie-releases-in-south-africa-this-week-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/100265-the-biggest-movie-releases-in-south-africa-this-week-7","title":{"rendered":"The biggest movie releases in South Africa this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With a couple of shorter weeks in a row, there is no better time than now to sneak away to the movies for a couple of hours.<\/p>\n<p>From superheroes to drug cartels, check out the biggest movie releases in South Africa below:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Suicide Squad<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Age restriction: <\/strong>10-12 PG LV<\/p>\n<p><strong>Run time: <\/strong>123 min<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring:\u00a0<\/strong>Jared Leto, Margot Robbie ,Will Smith<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directed by:\u00a0<\/strong>David Ayer<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A secret government agency run by Amanda Waller, recruits and assigns imprisoned supervillains to carry out near-impossible black ops missions in exchange for shorter prison sentences.<\/p>\n<p>The volatile task force known as the &#8220;Suicide Squad&#8221; band together against an unknown but powerful threat in order to save the world and earn clemency.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m0Xb9BhfVjY\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>The Infiltrator<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Age restriction: <\/strong>16 LV<\/p>\n<p><strong>Run time: <\/strong>127 min<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring:\u00a0<\/strong>Bryan Cranston, Diane Kruger, John Leguizamo<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directed by:\u00a0<\/strong>Brad Furman<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Customs official, Robert Mazur, goes undercover during the 1980s to assume the alias &#8220;Bob Musella&#8221;, becoming an integral component of a money laundering racket for drug lords.<\/p>\n<p>Managing to seed himself into the dangerous world of international cartels, he uncovers and infiltrates a dirty cash syndicate controlled by Colombian kingpin, Pablo Escobar.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N7_M4hjXW1I\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Our Kind of Traitor<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Age restriction: <\/strong>16 LV<\/p>\n<p><strong>Run time: <\/strong>108 min<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring:\u00a0<\/strong>Damian Lewis, Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directed by:\u00a0<\/strong>Susanna White<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A British couple become complicit in a Russian magnate and notorious money launderer&#8217;s plans to defect while on vacation in Marrakech.<\/p>\n<p>Now, precariously suspended between the Russian Mafia and British Secret Service, they&#8217;re unsure who to trust as the businessman leads them on a dangerous journey through Paris, the Swiss Alps and London.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yLkd0bU3EEE\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>My Father&#8217;s War<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Age restriction: <\/strong>10-12 PG<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Run time: <\/strong>TBA<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring: <\/strong>Edwin van der Walt, Erica Wessels, Stian Bam<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directed by:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A young man is constantly at odds with his father, a veteran of the South African Border War.<\/p>\n<p>When he starts having dreams about meeting his father at his own age as a combat soldier during the Border War, his life is turned upside down. Now armed with new insight and empathy for their difficult relationship, there&#8217;s renewed hope for some form of father-son reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iGqJ6M2qTHs\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>The Meddler<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Age restriction: <\/strong>PG<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Run time: <\/strong>100 min<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring: <\/strong>J.K. 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