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The Hurricane | Director: | Norman Jewison | | Writers: | Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon | | Universal Pictures; R; 120 minutes | | Release: | 12/99 | | Cast: | Denzel Washington, John Hannah, Vicellous Shannon |
A standout performance from Denzel Washington provides The Hurricane's cool, morally steadfast core, but a shlocky script sends melodrama in a furious circling whirl without real direction. Real-life boxer Rubin “The Hurricane” Carter was unjustly convicted of murder and imprisoned for decades, and this is his story. Carter's (Washington) best interactions are with a young fan (Vicellous Shannon) from Brooklyn whose visits to the imprisoned man change both of their lives. The fight sequences, filmed in black-and-white, are raw and energetic, but the legalistic grappling that occupies the movie's end grow sluggish. Epic, manipulative, and generally entertaining.
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