“Epic in nearly every way, The Hurricane has the power to blow you away”

- Susan Wloszczyna

“Fairly standard middle-of-the-road fare, simplistic, conventional, and, when the camera is not focused on [actor Denzel] Washington, lacking in things to hold our attention”

- Kenneth Turan

The Hurricane

Based on the true story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a prize fighter wrongfully convicted of murder in the 1960s, and those who befriended him and fought for his release. Denzel Washington, Vicellous Reon Shannon, John Hannah, Liev Schreiber, Deborah Unger, Dan Hedaya, Clancy Brown, David Paymer. Director: Norman Jewison (1999, R)