I really believe Denzel was robbed of Mr. Oscar!

Rating: 8/10 (12 August 2000)

Denzel Washington plays Ruben "Hurricane" Carter. A man who, just after winning the championship in boxing, was wrongly accused, tried, and convicted of murder and spent 20 years in prison.
***WARNING*** ***SPOILER AHEAD***

After 2 jury trials, and countless appeals, it took the help of 3 Canadian nationals, and Lesra Martin, a Broklyn native who's first book he ever read was "The Sixteenth Round" by Ruben "Hurricane" Carter, to finally get a Federal Court judge to overturn the lower state court's ruling. While reading Carters' book, Lesra began to "feel" what Hurricane had actually been through, and solicited the help of his Canadian friends to help Carter, and get the truth out. This movie is 2 hours and 26 minutes, but it really doesn't feel that long. From the first scene, to the very last judgment, I really felt that I was a part of Ruben's life, and I was especially moved when the Judge finally set Ruben "Hurricane" Carter free. It is this reviewers opinion to run out and rent "The Hurricane" as soon as humanly possible, and experience a feeling that doesn't come very often from a movie.