This movie stars David Strathairn (Silkwood, Good Night and Good Luck), Andrew W Walker, Marina Orsini (Eddie and the Crusiers 2), Ivan Smith, and Araon Grunfeld.
The plot of the movie is Strathairn, a liberal Jewish lawer, is assigned a case to defend an admitted murderer, Walker, who is a Skin Head.
I am in a little quandery of what to say about this movie. It starts off as a movie about hate and a senseless killing. I am rating it as an A. I think it should be seen by as many people as possible. I think the fact that it was a Canadian product may be why people may not of heard of it.
Walker starts off the movie as a non apologic Skin Head. He is also a character with debth and intelligance. He can not be dismissed as a person of pure hate and stupidity. He is not presented to convert people but he can not be disregarded as pure evil. His actions are unforgivable but maybe the movie tries to seporate the person from the act and the hate speach. Walker character is scarry because he cant be dismissed as a one dimential racist. His character comes across as almost charming and likeable.
Strathairn what can I say about him. I dont know if he is smart in picking scripts, if his script reader passes on good scripts, of if he makes what he is in that much better. He has that in common with PatriciaClarkson (even though I do remember a movie as a Head Mistress. Nobodys perfect).
The end of the movie is good. It shows the consquences, both good and bad for Strathairns character. The TV interview of Walkers character is also a good wrap up. In some ways the characters almost change positions.
In short stream the movie soon. The way I look at it is it should be seen in the same way that Schindler's List should be seen. As almost an education on hate and how it should be dealt with.
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