another Spielberg's success

Rating: 8/10 (14 January 2004)

Steven Spielberg's historical drama takes place in USA in 1839.g. The African slaves under leadership of Cinque make from the Spanish ship "La Amistad" make a riot against their mastres and gain the ship for themselves. They are captured by American navy and they are on an trial for murder of their masters that abducted them from Africa. Abolicionist Lewis Joadson and young lawyer Roger Baldwin are trying to defend and free the slaves... Following the historical events,Steven Spielberg has made another great movie especially thanks to the great cast;with stars like Anthony Hopkins,Morgan Freeman,Matthew McConaugheyand there is great African actor Djimon Hounsou ("Gladiator") who is playing the role of his career as Cinque,the brave and inteligent slave. Also worth mentioning,movie is very emotional and wont nobody cold,especially if you know that is based on a true story. Anyway,despite the movies like Spielberg,Freeman and Hopkins,the movie unfortunately wasn't such a big hit barrely covering his budget of around 40 million dollars.