Solomon Northrup is captured and kept in slavery for twelve years, until he has a chance encounter.

Rating: 8/10 (13 January 2015)

The opening scenes of this movie left me completely shocked. It does not ease its viewers into the content, instead it fully immersed them into the violence and hatred that went hand in hand with slavery. The movie begins with him already in slavery, and within the first half hour, we watch as Solomon is deceived and drugged into slavery, and beaten. We watch as he is nearly hanged, as he is traded from a kinder master to one so despicable he is known as a "slave breaker". The movie follows his dark journey marvelously, and displays it amazingly. I can not remember the last time I watched a historical film as interesting or as captivating as this one. My eyes were glued to the screen, and I could not tear myself away from the movie. This film delivered a difficult topic without beating around the bush, and for that it should be applauded.