 Critic David Nussair gave the film 3 out of 4 stars and praised Diggs as " fantastic " . The supporting actors also delivered " solid " performances . He believed that the film was anything but superfluous , and it moved at a fast pace . While the screenplay was predictable , Maseko 's " steady " direction " ensure [ d ] Drum 's place among better @-@ than @-@ average true @-@ life tales . " The Arizona Republic disagreed with Nussair 's first point , not thinking Diggs looked like a South African . It called the film " a well @-@ meaning but static look at apartheid in the 1950s . " 
