Emancipation
Emancipation
Genres Action ,Thriller
Directors Antoine Fuqua
Writer Bill Collage
Country United States
Votes 29601
Rating 6.3
IMDBID tt12530246
Runtime 132
Languages English
Release 09 Dec, 2022
Cast Will Smith ,Ben Foster ,Charmaine Bingwa ,Gilbert Owuor ,Ronnie Gene Blevins
A runaway slave forges through the swamps of Louisiana on a tortuous journey to escape plantation owners that nearly killed him.
Manuel São Bento
MORE SPOILER-FREE MINI-REVIEWS @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/mini-reviews-2022-edition "Emancipation struggles tremendously to justify its existence. The overly performative, superficial screenplay fails to elevate and distinguish the unique, true story of "Whipped Peter" from all the other generic movies that treat slavery as a mere plot point to "yet another" action/survival flick - surely there's a better way to adapt these stories?! Cinematography (Robert Richardson), cast - mainly Will Smith - and some of Antoine Fuqua's direction do a lot of the heavy lifting, but it starts to get tiring and painful to continue to watch shameful, traumatic events of our history being used repeatedly for pure Hollywood entertainment." Rating: C-
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