Release dateAugust 13, 1999 (1999-08-13) (South Africa)
October 15, 1999 (1999-10-15) (Chicago) Initial releaseAugust 13, 1999 (South Africa) CastGavin Hood (Sean Raine), Nigel Hawthorne (Judge Wendon), Janine Eser (Jennifer Raine), Vusi Kunene (Prosecutor Linde), Ken Gampu (Headman), Loyiso Gxwala (Sipho Mbombela) Similar moviesGavin Hood directed A Reasonable Man and Tsotsi, Gangsters Paradise: Jerusalema (2008), Primal Fear (1996), Jagged Edge (1985), Night Falls on Manhattan (1996) TaglineWhere do you draw the line?
A Reasonable Man is a 1999 South African-French crime drama thriller produced, written, starring, and directed by Gavin Hood.
Sean Raine, an ex-army officer with issues of his own, defends an impoverished young cowherd of killing a baby that he believes is an evil being known as a Tikoloshe.