Wonderful Movie!

Rating: 10/10 (25 January 2000)

This movie, although not completely factual, is one of the best movies of 1999. Denzel Washington's performance is the greatest of his career. The boxing scenes, filmed in black and white, reminded me of the fantastic boxing scenes in Raging Bull. The Hurricane is inspirational and very moving. The black kid and canadians prove that some people care more about a human being than one's one family. "Hate put me in here.....but Love's gonna bust me out!" What words! Rod Steiger makes a cameo as a judge. Dan Hedaya is good as the cop obsessed with seeing the hurricane suffer and Pussy from the Sopranos has a short but silly role as Alfred Bello, the witness who is bribed to ruin 20 years of the hurricane's life. the 2 hours and 40 minutes fly by. Norman Jewison has struck gold again with this classic drama.