Eyewitness Interactive - Rainforest DVD

Advantages: Enlightens you about the 'justice' system
Disadvantages: Few well known characters

...This is a truly moving story of one man's fight for his freedom when he is wrongly accused of multiple murders. A young man comes across a book written by the accused legend known as 'The Hurricane' and along with two friends helps fight for his release from prison. They face many obstacles along the way, but with the help of a few key eyewitnesses they put together a strong case and are eventually able to take the case to a retrial. A story or courage, loyalty, determination and belief in a forgotten hero. It portrays the discrimination that was once apparent between different races all over the world. Award winner Denzel Washington plays the lead role. I would strongly recommend this film, even if you only watch it once you will be sure to remember the powerful story line forever.... Read review

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Advantages: great plot, well written, clever
Disadvantages: couldn't watch it over and over

...is cold, ruthless, smooth, and carries out his assignments to the letter but despite his apparent lack of emotion he does have loves in his life – namely his plant and milk. Natalie Portman plays Mathilda, a 12-year old girl who lives down the hall in the same apartment block as Leon. Her father is a drugs ‘holder’ for a team of corrupt cops but her whole family is killed by the same team of cops when her father tries to con them. Mathilda is saved because she is out at the time and when she returns to the apartment block she goes to Leon’s apartment for sanctuary. Gary Oldman plays Norman Stansfield, the head of the corrupt cops who is both a drug user and a classical music loving psycho! He sets out to kill firstly the eyewitness to the murder of the family, and secondly whoever is responsible for killing off his... Read review

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Advantages: Innovative plot
Disadvantages: Slightly tired genre

...When I first saw this film, I got the impression that the man-creating genre had been used to extinction, but i was wrong! , The acting is pretty goodon the whole and the special effects are great in combination with the setting of an amazon rainforest. A motley group do battle with a very large snake (an anaconda no less), with a very cleverly thought out plot and lots of frightening action with a slightly far fetched scene where the snake eats a man in his entirety (as snakes tend to do) and then spits him back out; the man is covered in digestive juices then winks before collapsing to the floor. These kind of quirks make for a very innovative and eye-catching form of a genre, a pleasure to watch!... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful