Powerful,thought provoking, courtroom drama

Rating: Null/10 (9 September 1998)

Speilberg challenges us to look at our barbaric past with this movie. From the opening scene, we are shown a boat full of slaves desperately fighting for their freedom. This scene alone shows the frustration of the slaves set against the conditions they were subjected to. Their 'mutiny' against their oppressers is bloody, violent but somehow satisfying to the viewer who can empathise with such feelings. This film is about the struggle to be free. Something most of us take for granted every day of our lives. It is dramatically told with some scenes being difficult to watch but watch you must, and try to put yourself in their shoes. That is Speilberg's triumph in this film. He puts you in their shoes.