Surprisingly good film from Spike Lee, mainly due to Denzel's lead performance. The story concerns a convict who is released in order to persuade his prodigious son to attend a certain college which the local governor loves, in return he is told he'll be released early from his life sentence. I'm not sure what the point of Milla Jovovich's character is, she's a prostitute living next door to Denzel, and apart from sex that's it. The kid himself is alright, and the colour is the same saturated palette you get in pretty much all of Lee's films. The film's too long - a common Lee trait - and some of the subplots are muddled, but what really lets it down is the stupefying ending which really leaves you thinking "I can't believe he [Lee] copped out with that!". Could have been better, but for what it's worth it's a lot better than Lee's really bad stuff.
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09/05/08 @ 10:26