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Invictus

His people needed a leader. He gave them a champion.

Rating 7.2 / 10Release December 11, 2009Runtime 134 min

Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby union team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.

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