Reuben is the epitome of a considerable number of black Americans in the middle of the last century - from poor backgrounds, low education levels, high crime rates, and black people's foreheads are born with the mark of "criminal". But Reuben is also the epitome of the rise of black people. He is unwilling to degenerate, unwilling to be discriminated against, and is still self-improving in the depths of adversity. Later, Ruben counterattacked and became a boxing star. Reuben's success story can be used as a template for the American dream, but not all black success stories are as simple and lucky as "Knock on Happiness" and "Weakness." In fact, the history of black Americans is full of blood and tears. The happy life of black Americans now comes from the struggle and sacrifice of their ancestors, and Reuben, unfortunately and fortunately, has also assumed such a role.
Tragedy is first gained and then lost. Reuben became famous, married and had children, and lived a life of the upper class. However, a shooting case brought him back from the heights to the bottom. Police framed him as a murderer, and Ruben was sentenced to life in prison.
The tenacious Reuben naturally refused to give in. From the first day in prison, he began to fight. He was placed in solitary confinement for 90 days for refusing to wear prison uniforms, insisted on studying and writing memoirs, and kept on appealing and failing repeatedly. But after repeated struggles, they failed to exchange for freedom. Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali, and Bob Dylan also helped Reuben, and Dylan even wrote the song "Hurricane" for Reuben. However, all this cannot overturn the court's judgment. Racial discrimination is like a big mountain, pressing on Ruben's shoulders, and it seems that it will never escape. Desperate Reuben filed for divorce from his wife, and if nothing else, he would die in prison. However, the accident finally appeared, and it was because of a small thing of a small person.
Weisler, a young black American boy, was brought to Toronto by three well-meaning white Canadians for education. Weisler bought a book for the first time, a second-hand book, Ruben's autobiography, "The Sixteenth Round." The little boy was immersed in Ruben's story and let the Buddha see his own life. The three adults around Weisler were also deeply attracted by the book, and encouraged Weisler to correspond with Ruben, so a young black man and an old black man began a long-term friendship. The enthusiastic Weisler and the three rescued Ruben, who was already in despair, and moved to the opposite side of the prison to help Ruben rehabilitate Zhaoxue. They found Reuben's lawyers -- two white lawyers who, surprisingly, also worked for Reuben for years without compensation. The four Canadians removed several tons of materials, tirelessly reviewed the piles of old papers, searched for relevant witnesses, and finally mastered the key evidence. However, in order to reverse the case, the biggest difficulty is not the evidence, but the discrimination and obstruction of the state judicial system. So, for the last time, they appealed directly to the federal court and broke the boat. The federal court judge, again a white man, decided the case impartially and eventually acquitted Ruben. Thirty years of injustice, one day snow.
Speaking of which, there are not only black people but also white people who are responsible for the liberation of black people in the United States. Perhaps white people play a more important role. However, from the founding fathers of the United States, such as Washington and Jefferson, to the well-known Lincoln, and the modern Kennedy, and countless unknown whites, they continue to push the American society to gradually give blacks equal rights and status. Likewise, in Ruben's struggle for freedom, the whites gave him enormous and decisive help.
Denzel Washington's acting skills in the film are undoubtedly top-level, beyond reproach! He is the soul of the movie.
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