Yet such is the power of film -- and the supportive power of this film's pounding hip-hoppish sound track -- that "Tsotsi" dispels most misgivings as its hero works his tortuous way toward redemption.

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But reflecting on these possibilities lets us appreciate in a deeper way what God's redemption actually does mean for us.

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The greatest film of all time, by the way, is "The Shawshank Redemption, " and No. 4 is "Inception" (this year's film, so perhaps premature).

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