{"id":2812,"date":"2026-01-13T10:25:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/?p=2812"},"modified":"2026-01-13T10:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:25:19","slug":"stander-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/stander-2003\/","title":{"rendered":"Stander (2003)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Stander (2003)<\/em><\/strong> is a compelling <strong>South African biographical crime drama<\/strong> directed by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bronwen_Hughes\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bronwen_Hughes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bronwen Hughes<\/a><\/strong>, based on the real-life story of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andr%C3%A9_Stander\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andr%C3%A9_Stander\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Captain Andr\u00e9 Stander<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 a Johannesburg police officer who becomes disillusioned with the system during apartheid and shockingly turns to <strong>bank robbery<\/strong>, sometimes even investigating his own heists before going on the run with a gang of accomplices. The film stars <strong>Thomas Jane<\/strong> in a memorable lead role alongside <strong>Dexter Fletcher<\/strong> and <strong>David O\u2019Hara<\/strong>, blending action, drama and social context to tell one of South Africa\u2019s most unusual true-crime tales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where to Watch:<\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/za\/title\/80077923\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/za\/title\/80077923\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Netflix<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 <em>Stander<\/em> is currently available to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/za\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stream on Netflix<\/a><\/strong>, including in South Africa (availability confirmed until at least January 19, 2026).<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plex.tv\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.plex.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Plex<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 You may also find <em>Stander<\/em> available to <strong>stream on Plex<\/strong> (free with ads, depending on your region).<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple TV<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 The movie is offered for <strong>rental or purchase<\/strong> on <strong>Apple TV<\/strong> in various regions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stander (2003) is a compelling South African biographical crime drama directed by Bronwen Hughes, based on the real-life story of Captain Andr\u00e9 Stander \u2014 a Johannesburg police officer who becomes disillusioned with the system during apartheid and shockingly turns to bank robbery, sometimes even investigating his own heists before going on the run with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-african-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2812"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2814,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2812\/revisions\/2814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}