Review:A review
I read recently suggested, "Malcolm X was a figure whose life no other
director could have tackled but someone with the rage and the intelligence of
Spike Lee". I absolutely agree and I think this is Lee's masterpiece.
Denzel Washington (Glory) is phenomenol in the
lead role, along with an extrordinary cast. Washington received an oscar nomination
that year along with Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman)
and Robert Downey Jr (Chaplin). The film shows
many of Malcolm X's faults as well as his many strengths. Recently film critic
Roger Ebert and director Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver,
Last Temptation of Christ, Raging Bull) sat down and each picked their top ten movies of the nineties
and Malcolm X was one of only two films that appeared on both of their
lists. -Review by Aaron Caldwell
