Here comes the story of the Hurricane

Rating: Null/10 (26 January 2007)

Denzel Washington plays Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, an African-American boxer.He went to prison after being accused of a triple murder."Rubin Carter was falsely tried" says Bob Dylan in that great song and also this movie says he was innocent.Some Canadian people came to help Rubin, not to escape but show them all he's not guilty.Norman Jewison directed the movie of this man.The Hurricane (1999) is based on the book Rubin wrote behind bars.The Hurricane is a fascinating biography movie.Denzel Washington is the perfect man to play the lead.Other actors are great too.The helpers from Canada are played by Vicellous Reon Shannon (Lesra Martin), Deborah Kara Unger (Lisa Peters), Liev Schreiber (Sam Chaiton) and John Hannah (Terry Swinton).Dan Hedaya plays the racist cop, Det. Sgt. Della Pesca.David Paymer is Myron Bedlock.Rod Steiger plays Judge Sarokin.In archive footage you can see Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Ellen Burstyn, Bob Dylan and Carter himself.The Hurricane is an important movie.It shows us what the truth may have been.Of course movies often take liberties but I think this is pretty close to what actually happened.At least it all seems very believable.But you can all make your own judgments of that.