The Defiant Ones
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Movie Review: The Defiant Ones
Summary: 5 Stars
All of Sidney's early movies are great. Tony Curtis did a marvels job, too. Recommended for everyone.Movie Review: Praiseworthy indeed
Summary: 4 Stars
While the story's path is not uncommon, the way the director and producer handle the two leads in telling their story is. Films depicting racial injustice have been done repeatedly, and so the storyline of two men, black and white, having to work together to escape to freedom probably won't wow some viewers. However, this film gets its strength primarily in its depth of characterization. We don't just have the two characters, one black and one white, glossed over or just given the usual stereotyped dialogue, there's a little bit more depth to these characters and we learn a good deal about them throughout the film.
Sidney Pointer and Tony Curtis play two convicts on the run after their bus crashes. Shacked and dependent on one another for escape, the pair are forced to learn about other forces in their lives, what brought them to this point. There were moments when this film could have taken common roads to achieve its lesson, but there is more intricate character depth which makes this film special. They learn to respect each other, and there is a pivotal moment in The Defiant Ones in which Tony Curtis' character must make a moral choice.
This is film that deserves the accolades and praise given by critics and reviewers.
Movie Review: Overcoming Boundaries
Summary: 4 Stars
I watch this one and always think in my home country they should handcuff the so called opposite sides together and see what happens. Sidney Poitier whom my mother always talked about when I was a kid and insisted that I and my sibling watched his movies, is magnificent. He is such a charismatic, beautiful graceful man even when portraying a convict. I remember getting angry watching this because of the racism, hatred and ignorance it portrayed. Yet like all great Hollywood movies there is a real catharis at the end when the Curtis character will not betray his partner in chains, now his equal and friend. I am sure that when it was made in the late 50's/ this film was bold in its subject matter, yet today in most civilised societies thoughts of difference should never cross our minds, but I am sad to report it often does, so this great movie even though it is a (plot formulaic set piece) is still relevant today in it overall message.Movie Review: Classic black and white "black and white" film
Summary: 4 Stars
Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis are chain-gang convicts that escape from a prison truck after an accident. The two convicts run long and hard, even though they are manacled together.
There are racial overtones throughout the film, and that racial tension boils over multiple times.
All the convicts want, in addition to clearing out of the country all together, is to get their chains off and to get away from each other. Until then, however, they are forced to cooperate with each other long enough to get away.
In the meantime the local sheriff and a highway patrol officer butt heads a they struggle with each other - the sheriff in charge and the highway patrol officer chafing at his situation as the sheriff's subordinate.
Men running, men hunting, and dogs searching are all part of the mix.
This is good classic cinema. A solid 4-star offering.
Movie Review: An American Classic
Summary: 4 Stars
The basic story of the film is that 2 convicts, Poitier and Curtis, escape after a train wreck. They both hate eachother but since the two are handcuffed together, they must put their differences aside to survive. Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis are great in this film. Since most of the movie takes place outdoors, the two are always dirty and in grueling pain. Although some of the supporting characters are not as talented (often humorous due to their lack of acting skills), the film is well rounded and well told. The two learn to respect eachother and work ogether where they form a inevetable friendship. I found myself really rooting for the charters in the climax and up to it. This racially charged masterpiece by Stanley Kramer should be given a chance, and maybe even a spot on your DVD rack.