South African Western ‘Five Fingers for Marseilles’ Comes to VOD in October

The Western genre is given new life via director Michael Matthews and the beautiful vistas of Johannesburg, South Africa. Lauded with praise from the New York and LA Times, there is no doubt that the classic tropes of the dusty plains are alive and well in Five Fingers for Marseilles. You don’t have to take my word for it, though, as the film will be available via VOD on October 23rd.

Synopsis:

The residents of the colonial town of Marseilles are under the thumb of police oppression and only the young rebels known as the Five Fingers are willing to stand up to them. Their battle is just, until Tau kills two policemen and flees the scene. The remaining rebels disband while the banished Tau resorts to a life of crime.  Twenty years later, now known as feared outlaw The Lion of Marseilles, he is released from prison. He returns home, desiring only peace and to reconnect with those he left behind. The battle for South Africa’s freedom has been won, and former comrades-in-arms are in prominent positions as mayor, police chief, and pastor. But it quickly becomes clear to Tau that Marseilles is caught in the grip of a vicious new threat — and he must reconstitute the Five Fingers to fight frontier justice. Standing against former allies and new enemies, the re-formed Five Fingers saddle up and ride out, and put their lives at risk to save their beloved Marseilles.