Review: WillSmith-led Emancipation is an action thriller from AntoineFuqua. It debuts on AppleTVPlus on Friday, Dec. 9
"Emancipation" - ★ ★ ½ It comes as some relief that Antoine Fuqua's"Emancipation," starring Will Smith as a runaway slave in Civil War-era Louisiana, is not, at least traditionally speaking, an Oscar movie.
That approach makes"Emancipation," which premieres Friday, Dec. 9, on Apple TV+, something distinct from many recent big-screen treatments of slavery and also more shallow. Fuqua's film is often harrowing and gripping but also less nuanced and too narrowly confined in genre conventions than its real-life protagonist deserves.
The white man who guards against runaways with a menacing relish, Fassel , tells Peter that he's his god."You walk the Earth because I let you," he snarls. When Peter grasps his moment to flee, it's Fassel, with two others, who chase after on horseback. Peter, initially with several others including Gordon and John , sets out on his own.
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