Overlooked little period drama with a decent amount of action. Rhames and Voight are solid.

i recommend just reading a book about rosewood, honestly. the story itself is powerful, but the poor filmmaking brings you out of it repeatedly. this would score even lower but let's be real, ving rhames and don cheadle are awesome.

Great, but so depressing. Nothing ever turns out OK in the antebellum south for black people, and even the happiest Oskar-Schindler-ending still feels like a Pyhrric victory at best.

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Accurately shows the tensions present between blacks and whites of the time. Voight's character is not overly romanticized as the great white hope. The real hero is the reticent Rhames, a fictitious blend of real-life characters and Hollywood machismo. Both performances are strong and film succeeds as a detailed visual reminder of country's tragic history. Real-life survivors of the bloodshed finally won reparation from the Florida legislature in 1993.

Well told and sad story to watch. Not too sure about how accurate this was but it is still sad to see things like this happen no matter what time period this was. Awesome acting and very interesting characters and interesting to see how they developed through out the movie.