Truth be told...

Rating: 6/10 (11 February 2019)

The miscarriage of justice of Rubin Carter is still, to this day, a heinous crime. Trying to make up for it in a film with so many story errors is ridiculous though. Some of the fight scenes were too "Raging Bull" especially the one v Joey Giardhello which even Carter admitted was a fight he lost after a promising start. It also smooths over his other misdemeanours as a youth which painted him as this more angelic figure. He wasn't! He just wasn't a murderer.
Some of the acting is awful too, apart from Denzel of course. The mouthy kid in the modern day part of the story was too Straight Outta Compton. Maybe it was the 90s but still - why he gotta be like that?? Enjoyable but only just...