The plot has a touch of the ridiculous to it and is entirely unbelievable. This isn't a socially aware glance at human trafficking, it is a very unusual fairytale of a man who is is used as a human slave and is saved to go and play the piano and overcome his traumas by the saintlike freeman who takes him in for free to rescue him for his living hell as a slave. The only thing he can do sucessfully is fight to protect his boss, a hard hearted gangster who keeps him chained in the basement. Watch it because it combines so many unusual genres in one film. The martial arts genre where underground fighting is used to protect status. If you like gritty gangster movies like 51 state which focus on the dregs and lowlife in a disturbing yet ironic way. There is plenty of dark humour served by hoskins character who is brilliantly played here. The cast is a real treat with Michael Caine, Bob Hoskins, Jet Li and Morgan Freeman in one film. You see Jet Li rescued from the basement by a piano tuner. Morgan freeman is the hero of the story in every sense as he takes the halfwit slave in and tries to recivilise and adopt him.
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Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
Production Year: 1995 - Action/Adventure - Director: Tom Clegg - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring:Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Allie Byrne, Oliver Cotton, Emily Mortimer, Michael Cochrane
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wiseboi1 26.02.2006 14:48
good review wiseboi xxx
Soho_Black 26.02.2006 10:16
I see you've posted this as a DVD review, but you've not mentioned the DVD. Are there any extras? If so, what are they and are they any good? If you add to this, or if you change it to be posted as a "Film Only" review, please let me know and I'll re-rate.
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