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Supremacy (2014)
Racial Tensions Run High in this Joyous Story of Redemption
This story is based upon real events, so you should know right away that you're going to be in for a wild ride!!
I caught this on Netflix and missed a bit at the beginning. From what I can gather, Danny Glover was an ex-con, hosting some other ex- convicts on the run from authorities, until things take a very big turn for the worse. As it happens, Joe Anderson and his crew are white supremacists, and Danny Glover is black. The challenges each group faces as they assimilate to their newer more raucous way of life becomes a huge issue. Also, with children in the picture, the ultimate goal for everyone becomes survival.
Danny Glover is terrific in his role, delivering a powerful performance as a man with his own demons, but charged with protecting his extended family.
Overall, decent film, well-acted, with the strongest performances delivered by Dawn Olivieri, and Evan Ross. It's about trust, and learning to go beyond your prejudices. Very heartwarming and well- acted.
Death Sentence (2007)
What I find so frustrating about a movie like this....
What I find so frustrating about a movie like this is this, why doesn't stupid Kevin Bacon just say he went to talk to the kid that killed his son, and that the dude attacked him. That solves the problem. Nobody is mad at him anymore. He was just a frustrated father, who went to confront his son's killer, and was attacked.
It was all self-defense, and everything went crazy from there. The kid had the knife, he (Bacon) took it and threw it away. Game over, he's a good guy again. He didn't start the violence in his wife's eyes, or the PD's. It's not like he's above lying either, he just killed a man. At that point, a little white lie isn't going to hurt anyone.
The movie could go on, and I could be happy that he wasn't an idiot that couldn't think his way out of a small problem. Then he could go ballistic and kill everyone without the threat of imprisonment looming over his shoulder and the PD would be loving his ass instead of judging him.