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| Movie Description IN THEATERS DECEMBER 23, 2005 (NY & LA), JANUARY 13, 2006 (nationwide) Richard Price (SEA OF LOVE, SHAFT) penned this screenplay, based on his own novel, about interracial tensions surrounding a kidnapping and apparent murder of a teenager. Samuel Jackson, Julianne Moore, and Edie Falco star. Richard Price's novel FREEDOMLAND is brought to life in this 2006 adaptation. A carjacking-turned-kidnapping provides the set-up for a complex story of racial and class divide, as black detective Lorenzo Council (Samuel L. Jackson) attempts to uncover the truth in victim Brenda Martin's story. Bleeding and dazed in an inner city ER, Brenda (Julianne Moore) explains that on her way home from work in the projects of fictional Dempsey, New Jersey, a black man assaulted her and stole her car. Matters are intensified when it's revealed that her 4-year-old son was asleep in the backseat. Novelist Price (CLOCKERS), who also wrote the screenplay, has never shied away from the blunt realities and moral ambiguities of the contemporary urban experience. Though Price's vision is often unrelentingly bleak, and his characters are far from saintly , there's a weary hopefulness that birddogs them throughout. Stars Jackson and Moore turn in performances as incendiary as the film's subject, and the excellent supporting cast (Edie Falco and Anthony Mackie, among them) tackles these complex characters with both nuance and fire. Director Joe Roth (CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS) is given the monumental task of bringing Price's epic to the screen and his visual approach works well--all cinematic chiaroscuro and icy hues. Still, Price's themes of racial and class tension are rough, murky waters and require both a bold vision and a deft touch. As much as Roth is clearly passionate about the task at hand--setting an emotional fever pitch from the word go--the hopeful resolution he desires is not so easily attained, if attainable at all. FREEDOMLAND is a tough one, and although flawed, in the end, it's an emotionally complex, politically provocative film worth viewing.
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Reviews  FREEDOMLAND (2006,DVD )Review created: 05/19/08 by:  THE TRUTH IS HIDING WHERE NO ONE DARES TO LOOK.RIVETING AND SENSATIONAL THRILLER.WHEN BRENDA MARTIN CLAIMS HER CAR STOLEN WITH HER SON IN THE BACKSEAT, THE CHILLING ACCUSSATION SPARKS AN INTENSE INVESTIGATION LED BY DETECTIVE LORENZO COUNCIL. THE FRENZY TO FIND HER SON ESCALATES INTO AN EXPLOSIVE NIGHTMARE OF SUSPICION AND ACCUSATION, AND THE SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH LEADS TO A RIVETING ACTION, DISTURBING REVELATIONS, AND A SHOCKING ENDING. Review ID: 10000000007220020 Was this review helpful? Report this review  Freedomland is VERY INTERESTING & VERY GOOD!!Review created: 01/09/08 by: A MUST SEE!! VERY INTERESTING, SUSPENSEFUL, AND GOOD!!! Samuel L. Jackson played a great role, while we didnt care much for Juianne Moore and her role, but with all that said... ITS A MUST SEE!! It was more than we had expected, and kept our attention from beginning to end! WE RECOMMEND IT!!! Rent It or Buy It? We say...... BUY IT!! Our Overall Rating: 8.5/10 THANKS!!! CHAOTICZ Review ID: 10000000005080556 Was this review helpful? Report this review  Freedom Land0 of 1 people found this review helpful. I did not purchase this item, I was on a mission trip and did not get purchase payment to seller in a timely manner and received a strike for it. Sometimes things are out of our control. I think that the seller could have extended consideration, but then there were no other bidders and I would have gotten the item for almost nothing. Peace! Review ID: 10000000003691259 Was this review helpful? Report this review FreedomlandI purchase the movie because it was highly recommend to watch. Upon watching the movies, it did take a little while to get interest in the movie. Unless the stars in the movies, is actors of movies that you collect I would not recommend adding to my collection. I guess the movies was an okay movies and I will the actors in the movie. Review ID: 10000000003401454 Was this review helpful? Report this review Freedomland 2006 DVDReview created: 04/07/07 by: latson2007 ( 4 ) I bought Freedomland a month ago .I was very pleased with the movie,it kept me on my tip toes.I really enjoyed the movie it was great to be able to watch it with my family and they also enjoyed watching it and keep on asking to see the movie over and over again. I recommand anyone to purchase a copy you will love the it to. Review ID: 10000000003341570 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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