I won't go on about this depressing movie. It's too sad to see so many actors, some of whom have turned in good performances earlier in their careers, now having to stoop so low as to accept roles in this dismal failure. I actually felt sorry for most of them.
The direction and plot are clumsily made obvious early on. A Confederate hero (Braeden) returns from the war with a taste for justice. He defends the local "Nigras" against the impositions of the local redneck community. Therefore, he is unjustly convicted of murder and sent to a bone-breaking prison. There follows a Cool Hand Luke interlude. Braeden finally escapes, and at that point I tuned out because I could have written the rest of the screenplay myself and I didn't feel like watching the cast struggling to work their way through the remaining points.
Truly pathetic. There is little talent and no brains at all on display. Example: About one in ten of the Nigra men have their heads shaved bald, just like Corey Booker or some famous basketball player. This is around 1870. Didn't anybody care?
The direction and plot are clumsily made obvious early on. A Confederate hero (Braeden) returns from the war with a taste for justice. He defends the local "Nigras" against the impositions of the local redneck community. Therefore, he is unjustly convicted of murder and sent to a bone-breaking prison. There follows a Cool Hand Luke interlude. Braeden finally escapes, and at that point I tuned out because I could have written the rest of the screenplay myself and I didn't feel like watching the cast struggling to work their way through the remaining points.
Truly pathetic. There is little talent and no brains at all on display. Example: About one in ten of the Nigra men have their heads shaved bald, just like Corey Booker or some famous basketball player. This is around 1870. Didn't anybody care?