Unnecessary religious stuff.

Rating: Null/10 (10 November 2003)

I liked most aspects of this film, but there is one thing that I think should have been removed from the script. Why do the two slaves have to read the bible? It is a sidetrack which does not add anything to the story. While freedom is the main theme of the film, religion is a completely different matter. Why force the masters' religion upon the slaves, who undoubtedly have a rich cultural and religious heritage of their own? The message between the lines is that christianity is finer than the africans' religion, an offensive western idea. Sure, you can argue that he took the bible himself, and chose to read it etc, but things like that are put in the script for a reason, not by chance.