If you aren’t into the music of Coldplay, or a fan of Bollywood action films, there is just one new movie hitting South African cinemas this Friday. Don’t feel disappointed though. The following weekend will be making up for the shortage of fresh options, with five big screen debuts. Plus, this week’s lone release actually looks better than it sounds on paper.
Romantic drama Beautiful Disaster is based on the 2011 best-seller by American author Jamie McGuire. Student by day, underground boxer by night, charming bad-boy Travis Maddox (Dylan Sprouse) is exactly what college freshman Abby Abernathy (Virginia Gardner) needs to avoid. However, a bet between the two – if he loses his next fight, he must remain sex-free for a month; if he wins, Abby must stay in his apartment for the same period – digs up Abby’s secret dark past.
Beautiful Disaster should be lapped up by fans of the After series, although this new movie looks significantly edgier and surprisingly funny.