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Mixed feelings about this one (spoilers)

posted 3 years ago by johnnybiscotti (488)
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The premise is very interesting (some claim about being based loosely on a real person's story)

Once Alice learns the truth, and reads about civil rights activism, she transforms into a revolutionary and the movie turns into a 70s bad-ass revenge flick.

It's hard to believe that she would easily turn from a meek enslaved woman to a tough strong black woman, instead of suffering from shock and trauma.

Overlook that big leap in logic and this movie is both a though provoking story and a fun cool 70s revenge flick.

[–] rex (2808) 2 years ago

this movie's lame, Common has no common sense & this chick did not transform overnight reading Jive mags. and where the hell had the Brother been, how did he not find his way to the Highway.

[–] Otter (24464) 2 years ago

People deal with trauma in different ways, some become depressed, some become self-destructive, some become violent. Now we live in a society where (most) people consider it unacceptable to deal with trauma by getting a gun and seeking bloody revenge, but the heroine of this film has undoubtedly grown up in a place where brutality and violence are the norm. That's how her mind would have been formed.

Now whether an escaped slave would be *good* at fighting is a different question! Using weapons, fighting, strategy, and soldiering are skills that take training and practice.

[–] Keelai (36086) 7 months ago

Unfortunately, the writing was horrible. A time leap by a few months is needed to make her transformation ccredible.I thought the 70s revenge part would be good, but it was cringeworthy because of the script.