What do you do if the only way to save someone you love dearly is stealing from the only soul that keeps you alive?
At 45, Zuluboy Khumalo, a rough-cut gunman turned security guard, struggles to raise US $150 000 to send his fiancee Ntombi for specialist medical treatment in Russia. Ntombi is infected with a deadly bacterium in her feet, that is threatening to paralyze her. She is the second person in the world to have such an infection and only one retired doctor in Russia can help. After spending 33 years helping Van Der Merwe aka VD, a heartless, businessman build an empire with a promise of a 10% share when he retires, he is unceremoniously fired for spending more time caring for his fiance than working. An opportunity to raise the money and get his 10% presents it's self when VD makes a change of plans. He calls Zuluboy back to work for one last job. Zuluboy also makes a change of plans. Opting to use his wits not his gun.—Joshua Tesa
The film follows a thrilling action-packed story of Zuluboy Khumalo who is struggling to raise US $150 000 to send her fiancée Ntombi for specialist medical treatment in Russia. Ntombi is infected with a deadly bacterium in her feet, that is threatening to paralyze her. She is the second person in the world to have such an infection and they is only one retired doctor in Russia who can help. After spending 33 years helping Van Der Merwe (VD) a heartless, hardliner Afrikaner king pin build an empire with a promise of a 10% share when he retires, he is unceremoniously fired for spending more time caring for his fiancée.Zuluboy is a talented gangster; his talent is his gunplay. However, at his age, 45, Zuluboy has become more ornamental than useful to VD. Zuluboy finds himself betrayed and at crossroads. He struggles to come to terms with that fact. Faced with the prospect of a "beggar life" retirement, he questions the merits of his entire life's work. With no money and on the verge of losing the only person he loves on earth, Zuluboy has only one option left for him to save the life of his ailing fiancé and get his 10% share. An opportunity presents it's self when VD makes a change of plans. He calls Zuluboy back to work for one last job. Zuluboy also makes a change of plans. He embarks on a very dangerous mission whom no one will ever risk taking. Opting to use his wits not his gun, he makes his move. The question is can he survive on his wits alone or is it too late to teach this old township gangster new tricks?
