在这部马赛行动剧情/惊悚/西部片中,在逃离殖民地警察残暴侵略的20年后,五指党的一名成员回到马赛,寻求平静的生活。然而,随着新的威胁产生,他必须再次加入斗争来解放这座他心怀希翼的城市。《马赛行动》是南非新生代导演迈克尔·马修斯融合了西方文化和南非语境的一部西部风格电影。影片中,四代南非演员用当地语言演绎了这出当代南非戏剧。广义上的西部片总是包含着社会政治的脉络,而《马赛行动》则用松散的寓言,赤裸裸地描述了处于当代南非社会边缘的挣扎。
Twenty years ago, the young 'Five Fingers' fought for the rural town of Marseilles, against brutal police oppression. Now, after fleeing in disgrace, freedom-fighter-turned-'outlaw' Tau returns to Marseilles, seeking only a peaceful pastoral life. When he finds the town under new threat, he must reluctantly fight to free it. can he free himself from his past? Will the Five Fingers stand again?