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Thriller starring Samuel L. Jackson. When her son disappears and is believed to be dead, a single mother blames an African-American man from the projects for the kidnapping, creating a racial controversy. An African-American detective (Jackson) and a white missing child researcher team up to investigate the case, which they discover may be more far complicated than they expected.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By RD
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Format:DVD
Tough task trying to decide between 2 or 3 stars for this movie. I went for 3 as i can see myself watching it again if the situation ever arose. Clearly wasn't too terrible an ordeal.
Good points:
1. Tackles racial discrimination well in an in-your-face hard hitting manner
2. Strong acting (though Julianne Moore's character can get irritating with all the crying and stuff)
3. Not a half bad plot
Bad points:
1. I figured out the core of the ending about a minute into the movie so something went wrong somewhere!
2. It started to drag out towards the end. Everytime I thought it was fading out there was another unnecessary scene.
So what's it about? :
The movie starts with Julianne Moore walking into a hospital with blood stained hands. Samuel L Jackson (Det. Lorenzo) is the veteran cop known throughout the district who is called in to run the case. He soon finds out that she was car jacked in 'the hood' (if there's a more PC term please let me know!) The twist is her son was asleep in the backseat and her brother is a (racist?) cop.
This prompts a high alert search for car, perp and child via a clamp down of the whole neighbourhood. Tensions begin to rise between cops and civilians which threatens to boil over into fully blown riots. The only people who seem to be on the side of the people and actively trying to prevent it are Det Lorenzo and his partner.
Good points:
1. Tackles racial discrimination well in an in-your-face hard hitting manner
2. Strong acting (though Julianne Moore's character can get irritating with all the crying and stuff)
3. Not a half bad plot
Bad points:
1. I figured out the core of the ending about a minute into the movie so something went wrong somewhere!
2. It started to drag out towards the end. Everytime I thought it was fading out there was another unnecessary scene.
So what's it about? :
The movie starts with Julianne Moore walking into a hospital with blood stained hands. Samuel L Jackson (Det. Lorenzo) is the veteran cop known throughout the district who is called in to run the case. He soon finds out that she was car jacked in 'the hood' (if there's a more PC term please let me know!) The twist is her son was asleep in the backseat and her brother is a (racist?) cop.
This prompts a high alert search for car, perp and child via a clamp down of the whole neighbourhood. Tensions begin to rise between cops and civilians which threatens to boil over into fully blown riots. The only people who seem to be on the side of the people and actively trying to prevent it are Det Lorenzo and his partner.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Joe Cutts
Format:DVD
Freedomland is the kind of complex, multifacetted story that would always prove difficult to convert from text to celluloid. While Richard Price's novel brilliantly captures the simmering racial frustrations, this, the movie version, goes in for sentimentality surrounding the disappearance of a child as the focal point. Where the novel really built the tension between black and white with the empiricist (Price's own word) whites believing their own and the black community being forced to defend, little of this is projected in the film. Whereas the book explored the dark side of human nature to jump at an opportunity to highlight a cause, the film barely skims the notion, and where in the book we're thrown into the middle of the fear and excitement of a massive race riot, the film relies on only a handful of extras to attempt to recreate streets of rage and fire. A movie about the consensus of a community needs to show the strength of such with numbers, and this film simply lacks in that department.
If you're a Richard Price fan you'll be disappointed by the film, but it was almost worth watching the DVD for the interview with Richard.
All in all, a highly forgettable film, there's little wonder it went straight to DVD and is extremely obscure. Too bad, the book is fantastic.
If you're a Richard Price fan you'll be disappointed by the film, but it was almost worth watching the DVD for the interview with Richard.
All in all, a highly forgettable film, there's little wonder it went straight to DVD and is extremely obscure. Too bad, the book is fantastic.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Lord Anon
Format:DVD
For collectors/fans for Samuel L. Jackson films only.
This movie was a real disappointment for me. All the elements for a fine picture were here. Good story, good actors. Sadly, the picture was not put together well.
Only Mr. Jackson and Ms. Moore stop this being a one-star film!
This movie was a real disappointment for me. All the elements for a fine picture were here. Good story, good actors. Sadly, the picture was not put together well.
Only Mr. Jackson and Ms. Moore stop this being a one-star film!
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Worth a rent rather than a purchase
When a black driver abducts a New Jersey mother's child, apparently as part of a carjacking, cop Lorenzo Council (Samuel L. Read more
Published on 28 May 2009 by Richard Bowden
4.0 out of 5 stars
Got a lot more right than it got wrong!
Not seen many good reviews of this film, which is a huge shame. In attempting to get a complex novel into the multiplexes, maybe too much is touched on without having time to be... Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2009 by Nick
4.0 out of 5 stars
Worth watching for performances alone
Not seen many good reviews of this film, which is a huge shame. In attempting to get a complex novel into the multiplexes, maybe too much is touched on without having time to be... Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2009 by Nick
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing
Normally I would say it is hard to go wrong watching a movie with either Samuel L. Jackson or Julianne Moore acting in them...I was wrong. Read more
Published on 5 Oct 2007 by M. A. Ramos
1.0 out of 5 stars
It's terrible
Lame acting, lame script, contrived story-line. I can't believe Samuel L. agreed to act in this tripe. Juliane Moore's acting was particularly poor. Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2007 by DCD
4.0 out of 5 stars
Freedomland - good Saturday night entertainment
On the whole a good movie. Samuel L Jackson gives a good performance (if not different from previous roles). Read more
Published on 22 Jan 2007 by Dr. M. Reid
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