tom jones This movie was to my liking, it had all the action oriented scenes placed together to keep the viewer interested. The characters were fairly mysterious incorporating wanderers of the town and a heavy set of anti-semetism combined with promiscuity and adulteress affairs. What happened in rosewood was a supposed intervention or clash, not a massacre but maybe a clash of culture. This movie depicts that aspect of rosewood quite well, until maybe the climax where the whole town revolts. The lynchings were due to migration, Florida was heavily under influence of migration ever since the civil war due to lack of farming. The residents did not want to be involved but in fact if rosewood hadnt occurred the whole town would have been forgotten and abandoned. They merely killed themselves because the africans reacted too harshly and triggered a devastating response. It is said they shot the officers or town residents due to infringement in privacy. The anti-semetism involved was far too extreme even for white people. Historically speaking though, the movie turned into t2 judgement day or some sort of action thriller apocalypse, the good guy was prostituting himself with the town folks...maybe he deserved to be 'caught up.' It was just not realistic or believable imho...which puts me to an odds end to where these categories truly fall under. Based on a true story or Based on true events. Authentic movies that I have seen before which portray real events quit accurately are not apocalypse now, titanic or Apollo 13 but documented based movies such as boogie nights, fire in the sky, or mobster movies with the likes of Scarface & Goodfellas where the actual events look like they could have actually played out in that fashion. If you like the latter, you'll like this movie.If the film is good its because it was for the viewer to interpret it correctly. What I think it was is that the wife with diabetes is the murderer whom got shot's wife. The murderer john d or watever is probably the guy at the end. There was probably two murderers he was chasing which he encountered before being knocked out. His wife prob died. The diabetic is probably one of the murderer's wives. Then the movie may be good..okay.

dusan-22 Wow, this is American Shindler's List, except no Academy Awards. A reminder that the US - a greatest world teacher of justice had had the practical Nazism on the life stage the way deep into the XX century when most of their today 'pupils' among the world countries already had parliamentary democracies. It seems that US constitution has never really matched its legal performance in practice. Good movie, excellent casting. I love Ving Rhames and John Voit performance, also Don Chiedle and Michael Rooker, very good character matching achieved. I also respect a movie making without usual Hollywood softeners. Pretty authentic and shocking. By the way, I bumped into this movie by coincidence as I had never heard about it before.

TOMASBBloodhound Rosewood is a skillfully made and effective depiction of the destruction of a small Florida town populated almost exclusively by blacks. Though the story is shamefully true, the violence here is probably exaggerated to for dramatic effect. That doesn't make the actual event any less despicable, however. John Singleton shows his skills are not limited to filming inner-city strife, as he weaves a rich and multi-layered recreation of this tragedy. There are many strengths to this film. It is no surprise that it failed at the box office, though. A film like this has a hard time finding an audience that wishes to sit through such savage brutality.Early on we are introduced to the residents to two small rural Florida towns. Rosewood, a semi-prosperous town where blacks own just about everything and live in peace. And Sumner, a logging town populated by seemingly lower class whites. By all accounts these two towns coexisted peacefully for years until one day a woman's lie destroys everything. A young married woman is beaten by her lover (a white man) one afternoon, and blames it on a black man she cannot identify. Word has already been spreading about a black man who has escaped from a nearby chain gang. Could he have done it?, the whites wonder as they get liquored up and start tying nooses. Or was it the mysterious "Mr. Mann" who shows up in Rosewood on a nice horse carrying a wad of cash and looking to buy some land? Anyway, the white mob quickly gets out of control and starts harassing and killing any blacks they can find. It seems more than anything they are jealous of the residents of Rosewood and are using this excuse to burn them out. Can tough guy Ving Rhames get the women and children out before the crackers get them? Tune in and watch.There are a great many strengths about this film. The locations and photography are lush and beautiful. Some of the most ugly acts imaginable are filmed so beautifully that you cannot turn away even though you'd like to. John Williams's score is rich and memorable. The acting is uniformly excellent by a great cast. Jon Voight is top billed as the shop keeper who is clearly appalled at the mob's behavior but risks getting burned out himself if he tries to stop them. Michael Rooker gives a great performance as a conflicted sheriff who is powerless to stop anything. Rhames outshines them all as the WWI veteran with a .45 in each hand ready to shoot down the crackers. Though he and his actions are completely fictional, you will remember him most of all. Look for Bruce Mcgill as the lead cracker hiding under a shaggy beard. He will be the man you most love to hate. There is an amazing amount of gun play and even some action sequences. Everything is filmed so beautifully! This is a picture that fell through the cracks and should be remembered. But be warned... you will need a strong stomach to get through many of these scenes. 9 of 10 stars.The Hound.

foryoublues This movie is based on real tragic events and yes, it has been one of the dark horrific events in American history. But the filmmakers let it slip out of their hands.The movie never managed to touch or move me; in fact, I was mostly distracted by shoddy writing and mediocre acting. It does not take the subject seriously enough and turns it halfway through into a forgettable action flick. Most of all, I do not understand the inclusion of the fictitious character Mann. He is so overblown to the point of caricature and seems to have stepped out of a western.I was not impressed. Other movies like Mississippi Burning have a heart and a clear message to convey. Here the message gets buried under superficial clichés.Those tragic events perhaps need to be taken to the screen again but this time by more skilled and competent hands.Overall disappointing what could have been a movie with a strong statement.