Good drama, but very unbelievable.

Rating: Null/10 (6 September 2001)

I watched this movie not knowing anything about the man or story before starting. Even thought I knew nothing about the truth, the story seemed extremely biased and unbelievable.
Filmmakers seem to always fall into the same trap when making a true story'. They try and make out the hero' is an angel. This then ruins all credibility for the film. There were two scenes at the beginning of the film that made me immediately doubt the story:
The scene at the beginning when a young Rubin, stabbed the man, seemed so contrived, I, immediately assumed, he actually stabbed the man, without provocation. The scene where Rubin, allegedly jokes with the reporter, about killing white cops. I suspect he did make these remarks in a serious way.
I don't know, if either of these events were as they were portrayed, but I suspect the reality was very different from what was shown.
I found the first half of the film amateurish and disjointed, admittedly after that, the film improved, but still there was a large lack of believability. The Policeman, who seemed hell bent' on making Rubin's life a misery, was totally unbelievable. I'm sure there are bent' cops, but they was absolutely no explanation as to why he acted in the manner he did. There was a similar problem with the Canada crew', these people who seemed too nice to be true.
I still found the film entertaining and reasonably well made in the second half, but please Hollywood, if your going to make a true story, make it true.