The movie tells the story of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, a a boxer whose dreams of winning the middleweight boxing title is destroyed when he's wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
25 November 1937, Redwood City, California, USA
14 July 1946, Bronx, New York, USA
24 May 1941, Duluth, Minnesota, USA
20 September 1956, Dunn, North Carolina, USA
17 January 1942, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
12 May 1966, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
4 October 1967, San Francisco, California, USA
12 January 1944, Beaufort, South Carolina, USA
21 August 1950
December 24, 2010
Denzel dazzles in biopic of imprisoned boxer.April 25, 2003
A reminder that there's still a lot to be said for the good old-fashioned inspirational Hollywood movie.June 18, 2002
Give director Norman Jewison credit for two things: 1) He made the movie; 2) He let Washington run away with it.June 24, 2006
Facile and unpersuasive.January 01, 2000
Stirring but schmaltzy.September 24, 2007
Startlingly inept coming from a generally accomplished director like Norman Jewison.April 09, 2005
There is a talented supporting cast, but they are not given much opportunity to break out of the two-dimensional symbolism they are cloaked with in the script by Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon.August 05, 2008
There's no denying it's powerful stuff, which, for want of a better phrase, really packs a punch.August 07, 2008
The film, directed by Norman Jewison, feels a bit too simple for such a complex story, but Washington transcends the problems to provide his best acting since Malcolm X.May 20, 2003
The film has genuine impact, and I'm betting that leading and supporting Oscar nominations will follow.August 07, 2004
The movie's dogged humorlessness, and its sixties-style cant, don't do justice to all the political crosscurrents in this story.January 01, 2000
Beautifully crafted and uplifting.