Movie Review: Tsotsi a.k.a. "The Gods Must Be Crazy Part VI"

Why Part VI? Well, as we all know, there's already "The Gods Must Be Crazy Part II." It came out in '89.
"Right!" you say. "But that's where the "The Gods Must Be Crazy" franchise ended!"
Aha! That's just what Hollywood wants you to think. However, in 1991, the Chinese made "The Gods Must Be Crazy Part III"! (a.k.a. "Vampires Must Be Crazy" a.k.a. "Crazy Safari")
It wasn't very groundbreaking. A story that's been done a million times before:
Two guys, one of them a magician, are transporting an ancient Chinese vampire who can only be controlled by a series of yellow tapes, and is the ancestor of the other guy ... Blah, blah, blah. We know. We know. We've heard it before.

"Well then there were only two sequels?" you foolishly ask.
Don't forget about "The Gods Must Be Crazy part IV"! which was also given the onomatopoeic title "Heonggong ya fungkwong."
"Wait," you say. "A.k.a. 'Crazy Hong Kong'?"
Exactly!

"So what about 'The Gods Must Be Crazy Part V'?" you ask.
"The Gods Must Be Crazy Part V" a.k.a. "The Gods Must Be Funny in China" is an existential comedy set in modern-day China. It concerns a bushman stranded in China after somehow getting there while attending the All-China conference in Swaziland. He needs money to get back to the Kalahari and is working in advertising and later, a bad guy tries to capture a panda. Then there's a foot race, and so on and so on and so on.


Of course, the only reason I mention "The Gods Must Be Crazy Part I" is because both it and "Tsotsi" are set in Africa.
That was a dumb comparison to make I suppose.
Also in "The Gods Must Be Crazy Part I," there was something about a bottle falling from the sky.
I had a bottle in the theater.

In summary, You Must Be Crazy if you don't see "Tsotsi."