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Summary: The Hurricane
Review: This is a really pathetic film ever made. Denzel W. plays a perfect role in this 20th century racial drama. I watched this film almost 5 times already and the more I watch it the more I love it. A must see!
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Summary: RUBIN "HURRICANE" CARTER: from United States to Canada
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Several years ago, when I was in high school at Brampton Centennial Secondary School in Ontario, I picked up the Brampton Gaurdian newspaper one day and read about an important assembly that had happened at one of the Peel Region high schools (Central Peel Secondary School). A former U.S. boxer (now living in Ontario) had visited the school and gave an inspirational talk about how he had spent twenty years in prison (1966-1986) for murders he had not committed. At the end of the talk he showed the high school students the honourary belt that was awarded to him by the World Boxing Council for the time in jail he endured. I remember reading how that got a tremendous response from the students. Anyhow, I didn't think much of it at the time, after all, I'm sure you've been to a lot of high school assemblies and probably walk away more bored than anything else. What I now realize is that the name of that boxer was Rubin Carter. Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. And now, many years later, the story of his life has been made into a motion picture starring Denzel Washington. The movie is called "The Hurricane". In 2000, Denzel Washington was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of Rubin "Hurricance" Carter in this movie. I saw it recently (I ordered the DVD from amazon.com). It was awesome. What is really cool is that the activists who actually help get him out of prison are from Toronto, Ontario! It's a great story, I don't want you to forget it.
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Summary: A Strong Sense of Character
Review: This portrayal of the life of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is very accurate. Its scary the influence prejudice has on people. Denzel Washington's performance makes you really feel his anguish and struggles. The supporting actors and actresses compliment him well. The line hate put me in this place and love is going to bust me out certainly is inspiring. People need to realize that this a story that needed to be told and those readers who vote against positive reviews of this movie need to ask themselves why these accounts are not helpful.
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Summary: Washington's performance makes this movie
Review: First things first, the most important feature of this movie is Denzel Washington's absolutely magnificent portrayal of Rubin Carter. Every facial expression wrings true heartfelt emotion that just jumps off the screen. The supporting performances are good too, particularly Rod Steiger's judge, Dan Hedaya's snarly detective Della Pesca (a fictionalized composite character) and Vicellous Reon Shannon's performance as Lesra Martin. The movie also has an incredible story to boot, one about love, racial prejudice, incredible misfortune and the elusive dim ray of hope that maybe one day, Carter will return to the normal life he deserves. Norman Jewison squeezes every single drop of melodrama from the story, and the result is 150 of the most captivating minutes of film you're likely to come across this year. That said, the makers obviously took some liberties in the making of the movie, often polarizing the characters to make them seem better (Carter) or worse (Della Pesca) than in real life. The movie never makes mention that Carter was found with a shotgun in the trunk when he was arrested for the triple murder. It also claims that Carter spent his childhood in juvenile hall for a single stabbing incident, when the reality is that he went in on several occasions for robbery convictions. These differences are all in the name of pure dramatic bliss, however, and although the movie is a little lacking in the humour department, I can guarantee you'll feel better when the movie is finally done. A terrific lead performance, a terrific storyline and script, and a great movie.
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Summary: Washington Is A Knockout
Review: Playing Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a real-life boxing champ who spent nearly 20 years in prison for murders he didn't commit, Washington has his richest role. And he plays it to perfection, albeit not in a showy way (aside from an awesomely chiseled set of abs). Like Tom Hanks, Washington has mastered being the still center of a film, waiting, waiting and waiting for his moment. Take the scene in which a teenager (Shannon) who has taken up Carter's cause after reading his autobiography comes to see the fighter for the first time at his New Jersey prison. Carter sits quietly in a rear corner of the visitors' room and, by sheer force of will, draws the young man to him. Powerful and ultimately quite moving, Hurricane dawdles a bit in getting to the heart of its story, which is the transforming relationship between Carter and the youth, who, like Carter, comes from an impoverished background. Both must find resources deep within to survive. "It's very important to transcend the places that hold us," Carter counsels the teen, who, along with a trio of righteous Canadians who have befriended the fighter, will discover evidence that will finally overturn Carter's conviction. An important film layered with probing issues.
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Summary: NOT JUST A MOVIE ABOUT BOXING
Review: We often critize today's movies of having plenty of action but no story to sustain its lenght,here's one that has both so just jump on it.So what if the story has been changed a little, after all it's only a movie.DENZEL WASHINGTON is perfectly cast and has a few dramatic scenes to make him shine.What i like is that it's not only about boxing but also about justice and the way it can happen to everybody.With RAGING BULL this film can make a perfect double bill and make ROCKY 2-3-4-5 look like kindergarden.DENZEL has really become the SYDNEY POITIER of our time.To conclude this, i must say that my father who usually sleeps over movies, stayed awake throughout this one, which tells all.
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Summary: Worthy of an Academy Award
Review: Denzel Washington gives a brilliant performance in the story of "Hurricane" Carter, a black boxer who is unjustly accused and convicted of murder. He is a man who is discriminated against because of his race, and who throughout his life seems to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. Washington portrays him as a cocky young boxer in his early days and traces his growing bitterness as he is wrongly imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. He enters a survival mode in prison and is uncommunicative with those around him. His protective wall is broken down by a young teenager who reads his book, and who admires him for his accomplishments before he was in prison. The young man visits him in prison, and with the help of some caring adults that he is living with, begins to fight for his release. This is a story of justice and redemption and is a moving tribute to a man who stayed strong through the most difficult of circumstances.
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Summary: A Long Storm. Just a bit too much movie.
Review: "The Hurricane" is the life story of boxer Rubin "the Hurricane". It tells of his plight in and out of jail for most of his life and his struggle to prove that the accusation against him is an unjust one. It's a pretty good story with a powerful performance from star Denzel Washington. Maybe his best to date and considering his resume that's saying something. But not everything is peaceful in the film, as an "required for length of over 2 and a half hours in order to get near an Oscar" puts a ton of filler into the film. The story of the actual Hurricane is a good one, but then when others get into the act, the movie gets a bit dull. Rubin begins his life roughly on the street and a confrontation with a perverted but respected citizen that tires to seduce a young friend forever lands him in trouble. Officer turned sheriff, played skillfully by Dan Hedaya sets up Ruben. He lives most of his childhood in juvie until his return to prison is spent usefully learning to fight. The Hurricane becomes a very famous boxer for a short time until he is set up for a massive killing of people in a bar. Again, the Dan Hedaya character is on his back. Well, Ruben writes a best seller that garners little interest for some time but is resurrected years later by a young black man. He compares his situation in life with Ruben's. The young man lives with a Canadian group of friends that offer themselves as tutors to help him continue in education. This is where the story gets long, as the group of strangers believe that Rubin is innocent. The story now drags on as these pesky "Canadians" try to prove a black man's innocence in a still racial era. The near ending with this "Scooby"-like gang investigating this crime is dreadfully boring. It's near humorous that people think these people from "Toronto" are treated like a lower life form. Racism is blind as well as stupid. This might be a case of a sub par movie with a stellar performance. You really feel the emotions of Denzel Washington. See the movie for his roller coaster ride portrayal of Rubin if for nothing else.
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Summary: Entertaining bio with a great performance from Washington
Review: "The Hurricane" tells the story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (played by Denzel Washington), the boxer framed for murder and who served 19 years in prison before being exonerated in 1985. The movie, directed by Norman Jewison ("Moonstruck," "A Soldier's Story), goes back and forth through time, interspursing Carter's early life and boxing career with scenes from his prison life. The movie seems disjointed, combining the black-and-white slow motion boxing scenes of "Raging Bull" with the plot of a prisoner framed for murder with stirring music ("Shawshank Redemption") who remakes himself by self-education in prison ("Malcolm X"). (Jewison, by the way was supposed to have made the biographical film of Malcolm X, only to let Spike Lee make the movie when Lee protested having a white man do it. This was fortunate, since "Malcolm X" is a much stronger movie than "The Hurricane," with a clearer, more effective structure and better storytelling.) The movie also draws its lines between good and evil in a simplistic fashion, as the bad Detective Pesca (Dan Hedaya) takes aim at the wholesome Carter. It does not draw the depth in its characters that a "Malcolm X" or "American Beauty" does and loses credibility because of it. One major reason this film is entertaining despite these problems is the acting, especially the strong performance of Washington, who immerses himself in the role (and who probably should have won the Best Acting Oscar). Also very strong is Vicellous Reon Shannon as the 15-year-old boy who reads Carter's biography and is inspired to help free Carter (as well as eventually go to college). Carter's story is the other force driving this movie -- in today's society, where calling a racist a "racist" is often considered more offensive than being a racist, the story of a boxer likely on his way to the world championship is put in prison (and kept there well into the 1980's) is sobering.
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Summary: The Great Denzel Washington in "The Hurricane."
Review: The Hurricane in my thought is the best movie of the decade. It shows what had really happend in life back when all the whites were racist. All the hardships the whites put the blacks through. The whites cops always accusing the blacks for crimes. Always trying to take all the blacks down and get rid of them all. This movie relates to this subject in history. In this movie Rubin the "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer, is played by the great Denzel Washington. This part was really meant for Denzel, he played the part absolutly marvolous.In the movie Rubin was trying to be taking down for a crime that was commited by a white person. A white cop who has always hated Rubin blamed him for the murder and took him down. Then Rubin was sent to court and was sent to jail by a white judge. Given up on his hopes of getting out of jail, a black boy that had read his book that he wrote, came to help him with a couple of white people, which proved not all the whites were racist. During this time in history most whites were racist but a few tryed to help the blacks. Those were the smart people in that time. The blacks are no different than the whites. We are all the same. Which it took a long time for the whites too figure out. There are still some whites now that are racist. To find out what happens to Rubin you'll need to watch this great movie. I encourage you to see this movie. I have seen tons of movies and "The Hurricane" was definetly my favorite of them all.
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