Early Denzel

Rating: 8/10 (21 March 2012)

Matthew Broderick is Captain Robert Shaw in Glory, a film based on a true story of the Civil War. He is badly wounded in combat and is promoted to colonel. President Lincoln is about to free the slaves and Shaw is assigned an all black regiment of former slaves. They are given menial jobs to perform. Shaw discovers that his commanders are personally profiting from the war and threatens to turn them in unless they give his unit the opportunity to fight the confederate army.
They first get a chance to fight the rebel troops in South Carolina successfully and so they move on to Fort Wagner where many are killed, including Colonel Shaw. Because of the bravery shown, history was forever changed as over 180,000 African Americans joined the Union army.
Denzel Washington won an Academy Award for his role as Trip, a slave who has escaped to his freedom. He shows why he is one of the best actors still working today with Glory on his early resume.