Redeemer [DVD]

Features

• Type: DVD
• Studio: Alliance Films
• Language(s): english
• Director(s): Graeme Clifford
• Actor(s): Matthew Modine, Obba Babatundé, Michele Greene, Bruce Dinsmore, Emily VanCamp, Tyrone Benskin, Eugene Clark, Chip Chuipka, Benz Antoine, Cas Anvar

When a Black Panther raid on the house of a dope dealer goes awry, an innocent young man is killed and the leader of the raid team, a Panther named Charles Henderson (Obba Babatunde), is sentenced to life in prison. Bestselling author Paul Freeman (Modine) offers a creative-writing class in Henderson's prison, initially looking for a story for his next book; but when Henderson becomes his student, Freeman starts to investigate Henderson's case and becomes convinced that, after 20 years, Henderson deserves to be released--but the next step is convincing the sister of the man whose death Henderson is responsible for. Redeemer is a bit obvious, but the script does tackle its subject from a variety of perspectives, the direction is clean and straightforward, and the performances have commitment and energy--Babatunde is particularly compelling. --Bret Fetzer