Mr. Bones

Year: 2001

Runtime: 110 mins

Language: English

Director: Gray Hofmeyr

Comedy

A medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf tournament.

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In Kuvukiland, a kingdom in Southern Africa, a baby named Mr. Bones [Leon Schuster] arrives alive from a nearby airplane crash and grows into the bone-throwing prophesier of the realm. King Tsonga [Fats Bookholane] rules Kuvukiland and longs for a male heir; after seventeen daughters, he nearly loses hope, until a memory surfaces of fathering a boy decades earlier in Sun City. He immediately sends Mr. Bones to locate the future prince.

Meanwhile, in Sun City, golf star Vince Lee [David Ramsey], known as “The Prince,” arrives with his coach, The Wild Boar, for a tournament. Casino owner Zach Devlin [Robert Whitehead] places a huge bet on Vince to win. Just before the action begins, a freak accident occurs when a passing plane drops a wild boar on The Wild Boar. The coach is knocked out of commission and kept in a hospital, leaving Vince to improvise on his own. Without his mentor, Vince falters, until he meets the eccentric Mr. Bones, who believes him to be the true prince and grants him a lucky streak. Vince nearly wins the game, but Mr. Bones remembers his mission and halts a perfect putt. The moment leaves Vince embarrassed, retires from the spotlight, and then crosses paths with Laleti [Jane Benney], a local singer who captures his attention. Mr. Bones notices this and, in a surprising move, impersonates Laleti to abduct Vince.

The next day, Wild Boar escapes from the hospital and joins Laleti and her mother in the search for Vince. Enraged by Vince’s underwhelming performance and the disappearances, Zach Devlin organizes a helicopter-guided search, accompanied by two henchmen. After a string of comic mishaps, the group converges near Kuvukiland. Mr. Bones introduces Vince to King Tsonga, but Vince’s fear of animals leads him to strike the king with a stick, prompting Tsonga to disown him and prepare to die. The casino owner closes in, but Vince escapes. He discovers Laleti tied to a tree with a lion nearby, and summoning courage, he drives the beast away. Witnessing this, King Tsonga decides he does not want to die.

The pursuing casino crew returns, yet Mr. Bones—with a helpful elephant—causes the helicopter to crash. Tsonga proclaims Vince as his son, but asks Mr. Bones to perform the bone-throwing again to confirm the prophecy. As Mr. Bones casts the bones, Wild Boar arrives, revealing that he is the actual prince.

The film closes with Mr. Bones, King Tsonga, and Wild Boar watching from Kuvukiland as Vince Lee, now married to Laleti, wins the Masters golf tournament.

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