Kelsey is the famous producer of a reality television show titled Buddies or Broke. She is attending the wedding reception of Minister Silas Nda's daughter when two local men, Beast Buthelezi and Boetie de Wett, suddenly destroy the event in a racist brawl, which gives her the idea of putting the two in her own reality show.
Kelsey, along with Minister Nda, visits Boetie and Beast at the police station, charges the two with malicious property damage and peace disruption, and suggests that they both agree to some therapy. In addition, as punishment for their racist behavior, she informs the men that they have to walk all the way to Johannesburg, Gauteng.
At the start of their road trip, Kelsey informs Boetie and Beast that they follow the rules and cross the finish line together as friends. She then gives the two some money, kisses them both on the cheek, wishes them good luck and sends them on their way.
During the entire trip, Kelsey keeps a close and careful watch on Boetie and Beast while filming them on camera from inside her TV production van as the two get into a series of very unfortunate mishaps.
Later, when Boetie and Beast get closer to Gauteng, they find out from a local newspaper article that Kelsey has been watching the two make monkeys of themselves while filming them, and has also been making a fortune since the beginning. So they lure her inside a small metal shed and ask her to give them R1 million each in order to finish the trip they started.
During the conversation, Kelsey tries to make a deal with the two by offering them R50,000 each. But then the two get into a very heated argument, forcing Boetie to shoot Beast with a gun right in front of Kelsey. Boetie then accuses her of lying to them and leading them astray, and tells her that she wouldn't pay them R1 million, making her admit to him that she was just bargaining. Suddenly, she is shocked to realize that Beast was only playing dead because the gun contained blanks, and that she had been tricked by him and Boetie into giving them each R1 million.
Kelsey finally tells Boetie and Beast that this whole thing has gone far enough. She decides to change the rules and then announces that from now on, this is a race and that whoever gets to Johannesburg and crosses the finish line first will win the R2 million prize. She then forces the two men to run as fast as they possibly can all the way to the finish line and win the prize.
Just as Boetie and Beast make it to Johannesburg and cross the finish line together as best friends, Kelsey happily announces that it is a tie, and that they win the R2 million grand prize. She not only informs the two buddies that they will have to fight for her in order to claim her as the real prize, but also tells them that they are too clever for her.
Quotes[]
"A reality show with these two idiots!! I love it!!" (Kelsey, referring to Beast Buthelezi and Boetie de Wett)
"Minister, as a reality show, it is going to kick butt, I promise. And more to the point, it's going to work for essay tourism, and it's gonna work for you. Imagine how you're going to impress the President. You'll be bringing black and white together in our rainbow nation. The most important thing they must not know is they are on television, and they must not know about the reality show." (Kelsey to Minister Nda on her cellphone, referring to Beast Buthelezi and Boetie de Wett)
"You are a man of vision, sir." (Kelsey to Minister Nda)
"Nice pic. It was also on international television." (Kelsey to Beast Buthelezi and Boetie de Wett, referring to a photo that was shown in a newspaper article)
"Yesterday, at the wedding reception of the daughter of the newly appointed Minister of tourism, Silas Nda, two local men, Beast Buthelezi and Boetie de Wett, destroyed the event in a racist brawl. You're being charged with malicious damage to property and disrupting the peace." (Kelsey to Beast Buthelezi and Boetie de Wett, after reading the newspaper article)
"So this is what you're going to do. You are going to walk from here to Gauteng together." (Kelsey to Beast Buthelezi and Boetie de Wett)
"So you are going to walk together to prove that you can get along." (Kelsey to Beast Buthelezi and Boetie de Wett)
"Would you rather stay here in jail?" (Kelsey to Beast Buthelezi and Boetie de Wett, after being told by the two that they both hate each other)
"Okay, boys. These are from our sponsors." (Kelsey to Beast Buthelezi and Boetie de Wett, referring to the jackets with microphones attached to them)
"Okay. The rules. You may not catch a lift on anything. You have to walk. And you must stay away from all the major roads. This is a map of your route. I'm sure you'll find a picturesque." (Kelsey to Beast Buthelezi and Boetie de Wett, as she gives the two a road map)
"Wallets and cellphones. Thank you. Thank you." (Kelsey to Beast Buthelezi and Boetie de Wett, as she tells them to hand over their wallets and cellphones)
"Relax; this trip is on me." (Kelsey to Beast Buthelezi and Boetie de Wett)
"Here's R200 each." (Kelsey to Beast Buthelezi and Boetie de Wett, as she hands the two some money)
"You have to cross the finish line together as friends. This is not a race. It's a test." (Kelsey to Beast Buthelezi and Boetie de Wett)
"And we have got spies out there to make sure that the two of you do not cheat." (Kelsey to Beast Buthelezi and Boetie de Wett)
"Well, you never know your luck. So we'll see you in Johannesburg, Gauteng." (Kelsey to Beast Buthelezi and Boetie de Wett)
"So good luck! Remember, this isn't a race. Bye! Well, go on." (Kelsey to Beast Buthelezi and Boetie de Wett, as she sends them on their road trip to Johannesburg, Gauteng)
"Well, are our heroes just too far gone to get over their cheap racist selves, or will they kiss and make up? And if anyone comes across Beast or Boetie, please play along. Do not let them know that they are being filmed or that you know who they are. This is South Africa's own heartbeat reality show, Buddies or Broke." (Kelsey)
"Hello, boys. I thought something like this might happen. Do you remember what I said... about the prize? And how you might just get lucky?" (Kelsey to Beast Buthelezi and Boetie de Wett)
"Life is so easy when you have the tools." (Kelsey, after telling Beast Buthelezi and Boetie de Wett to turn around and continue their journey)
"Great news. Australia and ITV have just bought the show." (Kelsey to a camera operator)
"Minister, you can't pull the plug. This is the biggest thing on television!" (Kelsey to Minister Nda)
"You know why the audience loves the show so much? Because they enjoy watching these two screwing each other over." (Kelsey to her camera operator)
"Sorry, Minister. We tried." (Kelsey to Minister Silas Nda, after what Boetie de Wett just did to Beast Buthelezi)
"Camera three, I need you to get a note to those two monkeys." (Kelsey to a third camera operator, referring to Beast Buthelezi and Boetie de Wett)
"Oh, this I've got to see." (Kelsey, referring to what Beast and Boetie are about to do with the windmill)
"Almost had a heart attack!" (Kelsey, after seeing what happened to Beast Buthelezi and Boetie de Wett)
"They've been stuck in there for over an hour and they haven't said a word to each other. Camera one, get me a wide shot and then see if you can get something tight." (Kelsey, referring to Beast Buthelezi and Boetie de Wett)
"Perfect ending to a perfect day." (Kelsey)
"All right, you people of Vaalbosch, it is your turn to miss Buddies or Broke for a little while. In case Beast or Boetie come in contact with the TV, we will be cutting transmission to your town until they leave." (Kelsey to the people in the town of Vaalbosch who are watching the show on TV)
"Yes, everyone is talking about the madness our two heroes got up to last night on Buddies or Broke. So, by popular demand, and I mean demand, here are the highlights." (Kelsey to the people watching the show on TV about what Beast and Boetie have been up to)
