Matthew Milan Rasporich

Rating: 9/10 (9 September 2005)

I don't agree with The Hurricane as a load of B.S.
It's all about universal suffering, and in the human condition how one can feel imprisoned by their circumstances. True, I haven't spent years in a jail cell, but have been persecuted for my belief system before. To the extent that everyday a supposedly "peaceful" environment for me was I thought a potential disaster. So what is that?.
He makes the best of his circumstances by educating himself about how they jailed him, has a breakdown in isolation, etc... What's so false about that?.
Maybe The Hurricane represents the best case scenario for survival in the Penal system, and getting the most out of it. Granted, it is a dark movie but than how could it not be?. Maybe there is even total security in the darkness for the man, too. He gets regular meals, he can lift weights, people have a lot in common with him who's to dis it.
Also, who knows if Denzel wasn't the best choice. It seems that way to me.
from Me