The Power of One (1992) (Actor: Morgan Freeman) (3/19/09-3/25/09)
Tormented by racist bullies in boarding school, a white South African orphan named P.K. is sent to live with Doc (Armin Mueller-Stahl), a friend of his grandfather. There, the boy befriends a political prisoner (Morgan Freeman) who teaches him how to box. After years of witnessing injustice all around him, P.K. (Stephen Dorff) -- now 18 -- unites with a former boxing adversary (Alois Moyo) to fight the uphill struggle against apartheid.
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As of 3/20/09: Average of 79,848 ratings: 3.9 stars
Rating: PG-13
Length: 127 Minutes
Expiration date: Currently, none.
(3/19/09-3/25/09)
Tags: 2009, actor, club, march, morgan freeman
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Permalink Reply by Patty on -
Looks good. Added to my instant. Thank you. Amazing how far we have come not just as a Country but the World. I was talking to my 14 year old and said something about apartheid. She did not even know what it was. 2 weeks later she said they were studying it in school. When I was 14 everyone knew what apartheid was. Nice that it is now just something from history.
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Permalink Reply by wowwee123 on -
Welcome! Do you have a link to your public profile? This way I can update the info. of your top 10 actors & directors.
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What I mean is, that I can update the main list with the information of who your top 10 are etc. (I'm replying from my phone)
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Permalink Reply by ToxicDon on -
This is a "message" movie masquerading as a boxing movie. The message, worthy as it may be, is doled out a bit heavy-handedly in my opinion, which is a major reason I don't watch many "message" films. The acting is top of the line, with Armin Mueller-Stahl and Morgan Freeman lifting the movie a notch. Dorff slightly overplays his role though; the youngest P.K. was more impressive. I was bored in a few places as the story slowed to show the living conditions in the African parts of South Africa. I don't see how it could have been done any other way, but it didn't hold my interest. Also found one story element much too contrived, but I don't want to ruin it for those who haven't seen it. Sadly, I don't think that I could recommend it to most people.
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