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Malcolm X (2pc)

	Malcolm X (2pc) Angela Bassett, O.L. Duke Warner Home Video, 1994 average customer review:based on 149 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

An important film

Malcolm X cannot truthfully be said to be one of Spike Lee's best films, but it was an important step for him, perhaps the most important one of his career. This biopic, and Spike's fifth full-length feature, makes only partial sense as a follow-up to his greatest classics, Do The Right Thing, Mo' Better Blues and Jungle Fever, the three films in which he created and developed his unique voice and made a name for himself as one of the most prominent independent filmmakers in the US; Spike's own voice can barely be heard in Malcolm X, and his usually immediately recognizable trademarks are tough to point out. The reason is that for the first time in his career Spike Lee took a step back, and he is not the dominant personality in the film; the dominant personality is Malcolm X himself, and Spike let Malcolm's voice be heard throughout the film louder than anything else.

So Malcolm X is less a work of art and more a statement than Spike's previous films. It's scope is immensely larger than anything he did before - it does, after all, span 200 minutes - and is therefore, naturally, not as tight and focused as Do The Right Thing or Jungle Fever; but in Malcolm X Spike tackles head on the very subjects he treated with symbolism and subtlety in those films, and it was therefore a natural and important progression for him, and a logical continuation of those movies, and in it he proved that he has more than one voice. In a biopic, and for that matter, in any docu-drama, the most important factor is for the director to care about the subject, and I'm yet to see a director who's more passionate about his subject than Mr. Lee.

Malcolm X boasts a huge ensemble casts, with wonderful performances by Delroy Lindo, Angela Bassette, Al Freeman Jr. (in a harrowing performance as Muslim extremist Elijah Muhammad) and Spike Lee himself - but the movie is still entirely Malcolm X's, and therefore Denzel Washington's. Spike's protégé gave a lifetime performance in Mo' Better Blues two years earlier, but he surpassed it with his gut-wrenching portrayal of Malcolm X, which earned him an Oscar nomination (unfortunately lost to Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman) and based him as one of the best actors of his generation.

Although Malcolm X is not Spike Lee's best film, it's an important film that needed to be made, and it's a good thing that Spike was the one to do it. More than it's an impressive, moving, beautiful movie - and it is - Malcolm X's story is a story that must be heard, and this biopic is a film that, truly, every cultured and intelligent person needs to watch.

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The Denzel Washington show

A stunning performance by Denzel Washington (Oscar nominated) carries this film literally into cinematic excellence. He stars as the titled character, the controversial Black Nationalist Leader who is easily one of the most interesting people who lived during the 20th Century. Spike Lee's uncompromising direction focuses on X's life. From his very early childhood to his violent death, the audience is given lots and lots of information on the character as the film runs about 195 minutes. A good supporting cast helps, but this is Washington's show from the very start.

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Amazing!

I watched this movie a couple of years ago and it has been in my top 10 list ever since.. A must see film that's powerful enough to change the way you look at life..

This movie was undeniably excellent.

This is probably one of the best coming of age black movies ever. (Or should I say Black History movies ever).

This movie has a stunning appearance by Denzel Washington. The first half of the movie is about how he was a pimp and gangster, and how when he went to jail, he found his senses. I remmeber when I was at the theater in 1992, I clapped at the end for like five minutes.

Let me tell yall this. Any kid doing a project on Malcolm X, BUY THIS MOVIE. I repeat, BUY THIS MOVIE. Don't get that 1972 biography documentary. Buy this 1992 spike lee joint. I think it is the second best movie Spike Lee made. Denzel's appearance is comparable to Jamie Foxx's in RAY (2004) and Will Smith's in ALI (2001). (Note: THey need to make movies on MArtin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mendela, and Ghandi, all being wonderful black leaders.)

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Fight the Power!

A must DVD set to own! Comes with a feature-length documentary of Malcolm X and other famous civil rights leaders of his time.

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