The Hurricane

(1999)

★ 7.4 IMDb · 1,569 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1999

Runtime: 146 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Norman Jewison

Cast: Дензел Вашингтон, Vicellous Shannon, Дебора Кара Ангер, Лев Шрайбер, Джон Ханна, Дэн Хедайя, Дебби Морган, Клэнси Браун, Дэвид Пэймер, Харрис Юлин

Plot

The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

This film tells the story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, an African-American man who rose above his troubled youth to become a top contender for the middle-weight boxing title. However, his dreams are shattered when he is accused of a triple murder, and is convicted to three natural-life terms. Despite becoming a cause celebre and his dogged efforts to prove his innocence through his autobiography, the years of fruitless efforts have left him discouraged. This changes when an African-American boy and his Canadian mentors read his book and are convinced of his innocence enough to work for his exoneration. However, what Hurricane and his friends learn is that this fight puts them against a racist establishment that profited from this travesty and have no intention of seeing it reversed.