Black Snake Moan (DVD, 2007, Widescreen)

OK, This is one of those 'you love it' or 'hate it' movies. I believe it falls on the viewers own life as to how they take to the film. There will be more love than hate. This movie has an incredible cast and the story line which takes criticism in other reviews is a little on the simple side but really 'intensed' and 'juiced up'.

Samuel Jackson is 'Lazarus' who plays the blues; a time he got Bojo's Juke Joint shakin' back in the day. Now he lives them through memory. Bitter and broken from a cheating wife and a shattered marriage, Lazarus' soul is lost in spent dreams and betrayal's contempt--until Rae ('Christina Ricci'!!). Half naked and beaten unconscious, is left for dead on the side of the road when Lazarus discovers her. The God-fearing, middle-aged Lazarus quickly learns that the young white woman he's nursing back to health is none other than the town tramp from the small Tennessee town where they live.

Worse, she has a peculiar anxiety disorder. He realizes when the fever hits, Rae's affliction has more to do with love lost than any found. Abused as a child and abandoned by her mother, Rae is used by just about every man in the phone book. She tethers her only hope to Ronnie ('JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE' !!), but escape to a better life is short-lived when Ronnie ships off for boot camp. Desperation kicks in, as a drug-induced Rae reverts to surviving the only way she knows how, by giving any man what he wants to get what she needs--until Lazarus.

Refusing to know her in the biblical sense, Lazarus decides to cure Rae of her wicked ways--and vent some unresolved male vengeance of his own. He chains her to his radiator, justifying his unorthodox methods with quoted scripture. Preacher R.L. intervenes, but it is Lazarus and Rae who redeem themselves. Unleashing Rae emotionally, Lazarus unchains his heart, finding love again in Angela (a pharmacy worker). By saving Rae, he frees himself!

This was worth a trip to the MOVIE house for an $11.00 ticket and $10.00 for the soda and pop corn!! Now you can get it on Ebay for $5.00 and supply yourself the soda and popcorn at cheaper 'NON movie' prices! DON'T MISS THIS!! BUY IT OFF EBAY NOW!