Oscar Pistorius – Blade Runner Killer, a film based on the murder of model Reeva Steenkamp by paralympic legend Oscar Pistorius, finally aired on the Lifetime channel on Saturday – and South Africans weren’t impressed.

The film details Oscar’s struggle with his disability and how he represented South Africa at the 2012 Olympic games. It also depicts what might have happened the night Steenkamp was shot in the toilet cubicle by the athlete, and goes on to show the court proceedings.

Both Oscar and Reeva’s families slammed the movie, leading to the Pistorius family threatening to take legal action against the film’s creators.

“The film was made with blatant disregard for both the Steenkamp and Pistorius families, as well as complete disregard for Reeva and Oscar. Neither Oscar, nor the defence or the family were involved in the production of this film in any way,” the Pistorius family said in a statement.

Twitter users have called the movie “pathetic”, “a horrible production” and “insulting to Reeva” in their tweets about the film. Lead actors Andreas Damm, who plays Oscar and Tonni Garnn, who plays Reeva, were called out for their “failed” accents and “pathetic acting”.

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