YMMV / The Power of One

• Awesome Music: As to be expected from Hans Zimmer and Lebo M. They were cast to write their now iconic score for The Lion King on the strength of this film. Not to mention, several tracks from The Power of One would be re-used in Africa: The Serengeti. For specific examples, consult this page.
• Complete Monster (from the 1992 film adaptation): Jaapie Botha, otherwise known as the Judge, was an Afrikaner bully who took an immediate disliking to PK because of his English heritage. Jaapie later tried to sacrifice him and his pet chicken, Mother Courage, to Adolf Hitler; he kills Courage, and he tries to do the same thing to PK after he had humiliated him in front of the other children. Years later, Botha became the sergeant for Colonel Breyton, and he was given the task of investigating PK's multiracial gym. Once there, he severely beats Gideon with a whip, causing him to lose his eye, and he attacks the other boxers. Jaapie later aided Breyton in several attacks, one of which would end up killing PK's Love Interest; they then started a massacre in Alexandra, all in their pursuit of PK and Gideon. Jaapie was found in the middle of savagely beating a boxing promoter, and he still expressed a desire to kill him, even when PK willingly gave himself up.
• Iron Woobie: Peekay takes massive amounts of abuse at the hands of Jaapie and his crew, but refuses to cry, infuriating them further.
• Misaimed Fandom: A worrying amount of white supremacists around the Internet consider Jaapie - noted above as a Complete Monster - to be the "true hero" of the film. Apparently it just wasn't clear enough that he's supposed to be the bad guy.
• Moral Event Horizon: Jaapie crosses it as a teenager when he kills Peekay's chicken, and tries to do the same to Peekay, foreshadowing what kind of person he will grow up to be.
• Retroactive Recognition: Daniel Craig made his film debut here as Sgt. Jaapie Botha.

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