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Summary: Sam jackson
Review: If you dont like this movie, theres somthin wrong with ya, aiight peace
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Summary: Orange tinged vision of LA Hell
Review: It grabs you by the throat--you don't want to see it but you cannot stop. Bogs down a bit with some uncharacteristic behavior and laughable impossibilities, but the movie remains true to it's vision of hell. A 24 hour Hell in the mind of Mister G, who is misunderstood and never given a chance, and the very real hell that the principal characters inhabit along with him. He is tasked with making a living and makes the fatal mistake of trying to actually earn his paycheck---sometimes you have to let it ride!! Do not miss it! Despite it's flaws, it is a movie I would easily add to my collection.
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Summary: It was one of the finest movies protraying East Los Angales
Review: It was the best movie i've seen. It has everything, and a little gangster twist. It really shows it's hard in East L.A. as a teacher
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Summary: one of the greatest movies of all time
Review: just watch it, then u'll know what i meen
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Summary: Misses its Mark by being Overly Dismal.
Review: Like the films "Schindler's List" and "Sleepers", "187" is a film that is trying to tell a Story, a story that is Hard to Stomach. In telling that story, it Fails to make it Cinematic in Any way, and it will leave its audience Depressed, Alienated and Angry. If This was it's Goal, it Succeeded, but this Should Not have been its goal. I won't go into details about the plotline; I'll just say it is Grim. Films featuring Far Grimmer Storylines Have been made, but they are given Something to lighten it all up. True Stories don't have that Luxury. "Schindler's List", for example, doesn't have a Comic Relief Character; it doesn't Warp the truth to please audiences. It tells the Awful Truth but remains a Cinematic Masterpiece. I'm not sure whether or not "187" is a true story or not, but it is not a very Interesting one, and Certainly not one I'd be Eager to put myself through again. Samuel L Jackson's Powerhouse performance becomes the films Main Saving Grace. The Other graces include a Strong Supporting Cast (Particularly Clifton Collins Jr as Cesar) and Daring Photography that will Stick with you Much more than the Story will. A Couple of weeks after my First viewing, I could Hardly remember a Thing about the film apart from its Orange Filtered Photography. One star for Samuel and One star for the Photography.
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Summary: Wonderful performance
Review: Mr. Jackson gives one of his best performances ever in this film! The story is subtle, until the middle when there is a twist that isn't expected. The teacher played by Mr. Jackson offers his worse student a way out, but the path chosen by teacher and student leads to the final conclusion - and neither of them can change course!
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Summary: Wonderful performance
Review: Mr. Jackson gives one of his best performances ever in this film! The story is subtle, until the middle when there is a twist that isn't expected. The teacher played by Mr. Jackson offers his worse student a way out, but the path chosen by teacher and student leads to the final conclusion - and neither of them can change course!
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Summary: Rare glipse into latino gangster life with powerful ending.
Review: Other than its obvious telling from a teachers point of view, it gives you a rare glipse into latino ganster life in southern california(something not seen much in non-underground films.) It gets a bit unbelievable with the idea of a teacher going after his students outside of school when they push him over the edge, but that may be how some teachers really feel in that same situation. The ending is powerful because of how Samuel L. Jacksons character gets a hardcore latino gangster to break down and admit a sincere reason why he lives the type of life he does, also because of what Samuel L. Jackson is willing to do to himself for the life this gangster has had to lead and to prove a point in how unnessary it was to live that type of life. This movie really relates to me because I am someone who use to hang around latino gangs but gave it up realizing it was the wrong way to go.
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Summary: Sometimes intelligent,sometimes silly
Review: Sam Jackson plays a hard working New York teacher.At the very start of the movie we see him get brutally stabbed by the Wu Tang Clan's Method Man because he flunked him.After he recovers from his ordeal what happens?He gets transferred to another,even more violent school in Los Angeles.Lucky guy.He immediately makes an ill advised enemy of Hispanic ghetto thug Caesere(Clifton Clifton Gonzalez),whom he just wants to teach. .... The film was written by a teacher and makes some very good points.Teachers are here to help you so don't screw them up. But sometimes the script succumbs to Death Wish vigilante revenge type terrority and Jackson and Gonzalez' final showdown ...is just silly.Sam should've struck down on the punks with great vengeance and furious anger. By the way,DO NOT expect a happy ending.The ending in this movie is as bleak as the ending of Se7en.
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Summary: great movie
Review: Samual L. Jackson was excellent in this movie. His portrial of a teacher gone over board was breath taking. He showed clearly that the only way to destroy the crime is to become a crimanal yourself. Programs and community a awareness don't always work and thats when we need a little 187!
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