The Irony Is That Everything Is Black And White

Rating: 6/10 (20 July 2009)

This is based upon the true story of the FBI investigating the murders of three civil rights workers who were murdered in Mississippi in 1964 . I haven't bothered to look up the intricacies of the true life but I feel I should have used the phrase " based very loosely upon the true story " in my opening line . There's a problem throughout the film in that if a character is :
White male = Inbred , violent redneck scumbag who's convinced there's a Zionist plot going on involving blacks
White female = Somewhat slutty . Might help the FBI if it involves breaking her wedding vows
Black = Regardless whether they're male , female or child they're incapable of helping themselves . Eternal victims
Even the FBI " heroes " played by Hackman and Defoe are impossible to warm to . There's also too much emphasise on " Listen you do it my way or not at all " type arguments . I'm sort of guessing that the production wants to see an element of dubious morality brought in to the charaterisation but everything is so ridiculously overdone it's impossible to connect with any of the characters even though it's intensely acted by the cast