Just Mercy (DVD)

Destin Daniel Cretton’s 2019 film, “Just Mercy,” tells the true story of Walter McMillian and Bryan Stevenson, who worked to appeal McMillian’s murder conviction. The film stars Michael B. Jordan as Bryan Stevenson, Jamie Foxx as Walter McMillian, Brie Larson as Eva Ansley, Rob Morgan as Herbert Richardson, Tim Blake Nelson as Ralph Myers, Rafe Spall as Tommy Chapman, and Karan Kendrick as Minnie McMillian. The story begins with McMillian’s arrest for murder, showing how he was racially profiled from the beginning. He tries appealing his case, but has no successes. Later, Harvard law graduate Bryan Stevenson travels to Alabama to provide legal representation to those who cannot afford it. He and Eva Ansley found the Equal Justice Initiative before meeting with death row inmates. There, he meets McMillian and begins looking into his case. Despite facing hostility as they work, Stevenson and Ansley find proof of witness tampering and other irregularities in the prosecution against McMillian. They move for the case to be reopened, but a judge denies it. In a last-ditch attempt to highlight the injustices they’ve uncovered, Stevenson and McMillian go on 60 Minutes to rally public support. They successfully get the Supreme Court of Alabama to hear the case, where McMillian gets justice. The screenplay by Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Lanham is perfectly structured to tell their story, while every actor perfectly embodies their role so that the film takes on a documentary-like quality. The film doesn’t shy away from showing the brutality of systemic racism, which makes it a powerful piece of art that can open audiences’ eyes to the structural inequality around them. Unlike films examining these issues in earlier historic periods, the relatively recent timeline of the film (beginning in 1989) helps to show that racism is not a problem of the past. In keeping with this goal, Warner Brothers made this film free to rent for June 2020, helping people to educate themselves about the racial inequality built into the criminal justice system.

Great movie, very thankful for the free movie ticket from Amazon

This movie was so good. I highly recommend it. I would definitely recommend this seller again.

Honestly, this is such a great story and well written script it would've been hard, and heartbreaking if the movie hadn't turned out great. But luckily the film did not disappoint! Well cast, well acted, and well told! I found myself tearing up at some random moments that might not have been meant to evoke such an emotional response, but did because of how real and provoking this story is. The small details put into the film that didn't really have to do directly with the case in the story but about the bigger picture, for example, when they kept the black people out of the court room so that they had to stand at the back of the room. Or when the people were walking through the metal detector and the white lady walked through, and then when the black lady walked through the dog immediately started viciously barking at her, because it was trained to. The fact that they re-elected the same sheriff, instead of arresting him for coercion, false arrest and a slew of other things he did wrong in this case (and I'm sure many others), even after this very public trial and overturning of his complete lie makes me absolutely sick. It's also another detail that made this hit that much harder! The fact that this is a true story, that something like this could happen and still happens in the USA today is astounding! Every part of this story, from the conviction, to the overturning of the conviction was so great and well done! And the icing is that there is no nudity, or sex, drugs, minimal violence, maybe a few swear words, but nothing too bad and it's definitely something that parents could watch with their teens, and talk about! I would 100% recommend watching this film!

I enjoyed the film thoroughly with a well delivered message and story. There were a couple of scenes though that could have been built up better such as the final courtroom scene where prosecutor becomes self aware [so not to spoil] and the good stuff happens... this came out of nowhere as the prosecutor all of a sudden (within the scene) has a change of heart? He just stops being racist? I believe they could have built on this moment by having a scene, after lawyer man [sorry, forgot the names] goes to prosecutors house to contest allowing for further investigation, where the prosecutor [I don't know] stares into his children's eyes and he realizes the true horrible nature of his actions [something along those lines]. It would have made the last scene fantastic and more dramatic, but since the character flaw is realized and thrown into the courtroom scene, it confused me and took away form the moment where Johnny D [wow, I remembered a name!] gets to embrace his family. Besides this, I hid some tears a couple of times and even saw myself getting excited when justice was served. I believe the tension and drama behind these momentous scenes could have been heightened with reactions from crowds - to draw out the divide between the people of the town. There could have even been a scene where the townsfolk were getting angry at Johnny D's family or the prosecutor - this would have added to the understanding behind the scene when the prosecutor says that he had people and the higherups breathing down his neck. Overall good film and would recommend - a remake maybe in the future?

Good movie

Overall great court house movie tackling topics of racism. Amazing performances, big budget type of movie. Totally went under the radar as a lot of movies now do. Really worth it!!

The 4K version of this movie is a great addition to my Personal 4K Movie Collection. This version did n to come with a slip cover but was worth acquiring too upgrade my blu ray to 4K.

great movie

No trae el DVD. Muuuuy buena movie.