Just More Vengeful Violence

Rating: 2/10 (10 January 2013)

For those entertained by violence, this may be just the film. It's mostly about a slave that gets his freedom and wants to free his wife. In doing so, he kills a whole bunch of white (and Negro) slavers. But those looking for some thought provocation or intrigue, skip it. If you simply want to go see a movie showing someone really upset with the world and gets his revenge, then this might be just the film. If you want to see a lot of shooting and split blood, then this will probably suit you. If you want to see a film that doesn't require any exercise of the intellect, then this film will probably be what you are looking for.
The acting is fine. All the actors do their job very well, but it's not the actors that write the story or the script. DeCaprio does very well as a Southern slave owner - very sly and deceitful. Jamie Fox does very well at getting revenge and shooting people. Several times in the film he has to just sit & bite his tongue until he gets his chance. But that doesn't really take much acting ability. Fox may very well be a fine actor, but this film is no test of his acting ability. Anyone can simply go and shoot a bunch of people. That's been done in thousands of films.