Lifestyle: High budget Hollywood movies that were shot in Africa

When Hollywood goes Africa

Hollywood has had significant interactions with Africa, some of which date back to the early 1930’s. This can be evidenced by the significant number of top-selling Hollywood movies that were partly or wholly filmed in Africa. These films have continued to put Africa on the global map to this day by showcasing Africa’s beautiful scenery.

Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life 2003 (Kenya)

The film is about a fearless explorer Lara Croft, played by Angelina Jolie, who is bent on finding Pandora’s Box before two ruthless criminals, Jonathan Reiss and Chen Lo, use it for wicked purposes. Although the movie was only partly filmed in Kenya, it made huge domestic sales: more than $65 million, according to Box Office.

Mad Max: Fury Road: 2015 (Namibia)

 

Currently in Cinemas, Mad Max: Fury Road is set to be one of the most popular movies this year. Fury Road is the 4th installment of Mad Max and it stars Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron. Based on a post-apocalyptic world, Mad Max: Fury Road was shot on location in Namibia after the original Australian location became too lush and flower filled to suit the kind of dystopian sand filled carnage that goes on in the film

Blood Diamond: 2006 (Mozambique/ South Africa)

 

Leonardo Dicaprio plays a rogue mercenary in this film set in war tone Sierra Leone in 1999. He teams up with Solomon Vandy, played by Djimon Hounsou, who plays a Mende fisherman, to recover a huge pink diamond that will set them both free from their different sets of problems. There is war, love for family, moral gray areas and conflict in this film. It portrays an ugly side of Africa and humanity as whole, it does however portrays exceptionally beautiful terrain in Mozambique and South Africa.

Beasts of No Nation-2015 in Ghana

It is a drama and war movie that was shot in 2015 in Accra, Ghana. It is about the life of a child soldier, Agu, who was recruited by Idris Elba, the commandant of a child army fighting in an African country.  It follows his survival as a civil war tears his nation apart, and his father and brother are killed by rebels who storm their village. He is captured in the forests by the rebels where he had escaped to. He is the transformed into a brutal child soldier. He is later rescued by United Nations troops who destroy the rebel camps. He is taken to a missionary school where he tries hard to forget his horrible experiences as a child soldier. Idris Elba won ‘Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role’ at the 2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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