Supremacy

2014 "No One Is Save"
5.7| 1h50m| en| More Info
Released: 12 June 2014 Released
Producted By: Media House Capital
Country: United States of America
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The story centers on paroled white supremacist who has just killed a cop, and takes a black family hostage. Within hours of being released from 14 years of solitary confinement in maximum-security Pelican Bay State Prison, Garrett Tully is on the run again. When he finds a house off a dirt road and takes a family hostage, he thinks the Aryan Brotherhood has his back–and his kidnap victims are black. The family’s patriarch, Mr. Walker, is a jaded ex-con who hates cops so much he disavowed his own son for becoming one. Seeing a familiar desperation in Tully, Walker refuses to call the authorities for help, causing familial tensions to escalate, and soon grave missteps are made.

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rj-bman This story is based upon real events, so you should know right away that you're going to be in for a wild ride!!I caught this on Netflix and missed a bit at the beginning. From what I can gather, Danny Glover was an ex-con, hosting some other ex- convicts on the run from authorities, until things take a very big turn for the worse. As it happens, Joe Anderson and his crew are white supremacists, and Danny Glover is black. The challenges each group faces as they assimilate to their newer more raucous way of life becomes a huge issue. Also, with children in the picture, the ultimate goal for everyone becomes survival.Danny Glover is terrific in his role, delivering a powerful performance as a man with his own demons, but charged with protecting his extended family. Overall, decent film, well-acted, with the strongest performances delivered by Dawn Olivieri, and Evan Ross. It's about trust, and learning to go beyond your prejudices. Very heartwarming and well- acted.
LeonLouisRicci This is One of Those Low-Budget Movies that is Confined, Mostly, to a Couple of Small Rooms and the Director has the Characters Cry, Sob, and Bawl A Lot to Add Some Movement and Emotion to the Restrained Sets.This is Basically All Over Emoted with Much Shouting, Except for Danny Glover Who Whispers and Mumbles for Contrast. The Conflict Between the Neo-Nazi Couple and the African-American "Family" Consists of Guns to the Face, and Waterworks.Nothing Much Happens and a Few Flashbacks Relieve the Claustrophobic Atmosphere Once in Awhile and that Helps, but Ultimately the Film Goes Nowhere and Strains for Some Insight that is Rarely Attained. Joe Anderson Does OK but the Constant Gun Barrell He Thrusts in the Faces of the Hostages Gets Boring and Redundantly Silly After a While. Dawn Oliveri as the White Supremacy "Groupie" as She is Described Waivers Wildly and Fluctuates Between Psychotic and Motherly. None of this is Satisfying Trying to Deliver Messages About the Psychology of Hate Groups or the Bonding of Family in a Crisis that it Tries So Desperately to Convey. It is Done in an Overwrought Fashion and the Script is None too Smart About Any of It.
cassierook I think the most important thing is to first off, commend Joe Anderson - an actor who deserves far more recognition than he has been given in his long standing career; Tully is the film's inordinate saving grace, and it is not thanks to any brilliant script writing or cinematography, he brought both vulnerability and unexpected humanity to a character that would otherwise have fallen flatly into the 'bad ex-con' category.Tully, in the final scene, and in momentary glimpses throughout the film, provides the film with its emotional strength; you cannot look away from him - Anderson is pure pent-up energy, raw emotion.Regrettably, the film does not take his character as far as it needed to - Supremacy is a thing of enormous potential, it could be extraordinary. But, it is not. Tully, in the end, only has a brief moment of redemptive vulnerability, the moments in between are not enough. There was potential within the frame of the script to accelerate further, to shake the moral boundaries - I was hoping not to see another 'and then the bad guys get punished, the end' - I wanted this film to make me question what makes a person bad, if that exists at all, I wanted to feel more for Tully.That's not to say that Joe Anderson is not sympathetic in the role. But I'm uncertain how much of that was his strength as an actor, versus the filmmaker's intention - I'm guessing that it's pretty much all on Joe.The ending ought to have been left, at the very least, ambiguous. For a character to alter, and then be given the death penalty regardless - off screen, as a footnote - erases the work of the actor and the filmmaker; in the end, he is punished, karma/the law happens etc. Yes, it's based on a true story, but it's still a narrative film - that's no excuse. The ending diminishes Anderson's strikingly childlike performance in the last scene - he takes the thunder from Glover altogether, we care about Tully (or would, if the character arc had been more pronounced), ending it on a footnote is lazy script writing.To conclude, I did enjoy the film, it was well made, there were moments when the cinematography was lovely to look at. I wish that they had hired another writer, however, because the potential of the film was probably greater than the film itself.
wilson trivino Saw the Atlanta premiere of Supremacy as part of the Pan African Film Festival. The movie is about a recently released white supremacist who is picked up by his lady friend. Along the way, things go array and they have to seek refuge in the home of an ex-convict (Danny Glover). The former prisoner is set not to go back to prison while Mr. Walker (Danny Glover) is set to lead his family to safety. A high stakes film that is based on a real life story. According to the director who was at the screening, the story was shot in 10 days. Danny Glover shared that it was a team effort and they were free to share their true emotion of this tense movie. This movie touches on the complexity of family, society, and justice as the characters fight to find a path to their own escape. It is a star performance by Danny Glover as he attempts to keep calm during the rage of emotion.