Monday, August 12, 2019
Brian Banks
This is not a sneak preview. This film has already released.
Brian Bank was a 16-year-old high schooler with football talent & a scholarship to USC when his hopes & dreams get derailed by false accusations of kidnap & rape. Poor legal representation & a broken justice system get him prison time & probation with ankle bracelet monitoring. This is a powerful & inspirational true story about an innocent man frustrated by the legal system who won’t give up on himself & the truth. Aldis Hodge, Greg Kinnear, & Sherri Sheperd’s give excellent performances. Morgan Freeman has a small but pivotal uncredited role as a mentor. This emotional ride feels a bit heavy handed at times as it reflects this victim’s torment. As with so many of these based-on-true-story movies, it’s hard to believe certain things really happened that way but truth is often stranger than fiction. This film also features the remarkable efforts of the California Innocence Project. Photos, film footage, & summaries at the movie’s end reveal images of the real people portrayed & what happened to them.
Alien gives it 3 “XONR8” stars out of 4.
This is not a sneak preview. This film has already released.
Brian Bank was a 16-year-old high schooler with football talent & a scholarship to USC when his hopes & dreams get derailed by false accusations of kidnap & rape. Poor legal representation & a broken justice system get him prison time & probation with ankle bracelet monitoring. This is a powerful & inspirational true story about an innocent man frustrated by the legal system who won’t give up on himself & the truth. Aldis Hodge, Greg Kinnear, & Sherri Sheperd’s give excellent performances. Morgan Freeman has a small but pivotal uncredited role as a mentor. This emotional ride feels a bit heavy handed at times as it reflects this victim’s torment. As with so many of these based-on-true-story movies, it’s hard to believe certain things really happened that way but truth is often stranger than fiction. This film also features the remarkable efforts of the California Innocence Project. Photos, film footage, & summaries at the movie’s end reveal images of the real people portrayed & what happened to them.
Alien gives it 3 “XONR8” stars out of 4.
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