Rating: - 5 STAR RATING for PERRY KING ONLY!!!!!
This 5 star review is for Perry King only. He plays the nice slave owner in the film, a slave owner with a heart. Anyways I'm a huge fan of Perry ever since i saw him in Melrose Place & Switch. Of course all his films are not available since he starting acting in the 70's and i wanted to see his earlier works. I was shocked but the UNCUT version of the film was actually available on iTunes so i rented it. It's coming out on DVD this June 2008. I really didn't care for the film nor did i find it racy the way ever other review has it on here. Definitely check this out for a young Perry. It such ... Read More
Rating: - Don't listen to the others - this is an excellent film & true historically
Do not REPEAT do not listen to the people who gave bad reviews to this film. The movie is very fine (though not without a few weaknesses - even Kubrick's movies had weaknesses), a true case of realistic historical filmmaking by a noted director.
1) To those who found the film offensive - well, I guess you found Shindler's List offensive. There's nudity, torture, excessive emotions, etc. Everything depicted in this film was historically accurate and has been recorded in varying instances. If you found it offensive, then go back to watching LOVE STORY or reruns of FRIENDS.
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Rating: - "The horror... The horror."
It seems fitting to headline my review of 'Mandingo' with the last words of the dying Kurtz in Joseph Conrad's 'Heart Of Darkness', because it also aptly sums up my response not only to the unfortunately accurate nature of the numerous atrocities depicted in this generally effective and unflinching film, but also my response to a significant number of the other customer reviews.
I have to say I was truly shocked at how many viewers responded with derisive amusement, laughter, and even a weird kind of delight to this frankly brutal, harsh, and, yes, often lurid look at the brutal, harsh, ... Read More
Rating: - Great movie, but edited
I love this movie. However, it's been remastered (revised/edited). The original, "unedited" version is the version that I wanted and thought that I'd ordered - Needless to say, I was highly disappointed. The pure essence of this movie's core is some what diluted through it's revision.
Rating: - ON HUSBANDS FAVORITE LIST
I purchased for my husband. He has always liked this movie. I don't care for the story line so much - only because it I don't care for the way people were treated in this movie line. I am sure that this is what happened in time back when, but it is a good thing that will knowledge people know better.
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