Preachy, yet powerful 'Hurricane'

Rating: 9/10 (15 February 2000)

Denzel Washington turns in a powerful performance as legendary boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. The movie focuses on Carter from the beginning on how he dealt with racism his whole life -- even in the ring. After a triple murder is committed, Carter is wrongfully accused and spends twenty years of his life behind bars.
While in prison, Carter writes a book on his life and a young African American teenager (Vicellous Reon Shannon) and his three Canadian mentors (Deborah Unger, Liev Schrieber, and John Hannah) become drawn to the book and try to get Carter exonerated.
Starts off slow and preachy for the first half hour, but picks up and gets really deep and holds your attention until the very end. My evaluation: ***½ out of ****.