Jamie Foxx gave a powerful, powerful performance as Tookie. I'm from Oakland and visited people in San Quentin when I worked for an attorney. They got it right.
Great screenplay, great cast, great film ... and it was made for TV. What a surprise.
Goodon Jamie Foxx for taking on such a controversial role.
Bambi
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Anyone who thinks a gang banger is great because he gets his jollies killing innocent people is sick.
shareThe should make a sequel called Redemption2: The Vlad "Impaler" Tepes Story. I read that his tough on crime approach kept Transylvania crime free. Now that's a great man huh?
I wonder if Tookie ever drew inspiration from Vlad when he was fabricating shanks to stab people with.
Vlad & Stan, just a couple of misunderstood great men.
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“A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything."
It makes me sad that people actually see this murdering coward as a great man. The world would have been a much better place had this disgusting monster never been born.
shareUm ... it's called redemption for a reason. Did you even watch the film?
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I read the case file and saw the crime scene photos. I don't need to watch a movie from an idiot who idolizes him to know what kind of "man" he was. Also, you people say he was redeemed, yet you all still claim it was a set up and he has never admitted to or apologised for the murders he committed. That does not indicate a "man" who has been rehabilitated and is sorry for what he had done. I suggest you read the case briefs and look at the photos and determine whether this piece of garbage should have been allowed to live.
shareUm, this is a movie forum. Since you didn't watch the film, you're now on ignore .... so I won't be bothered with your bad moods. You don't NEED to watch anything that doesn't appeal to you ~ just as I don't NEED to read anything you write. I would recommend another kind of forum where you can whine and point fingers.
Once again. This is spot is for people who have watched the film. Just wanted to emphasize that in case you thought this was a 12 step program or something.
By bye now.
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Ah the ignore list. The last option for people who cannot hold a conversation or know what they are talking about. Somehow this does not surprise me coming from a person who admires and defends a murderer.
shareThis ignore function is really quite wonderful! I wish more forums had it. All I can see is that someone can't seen because they're on ignore.
Yippeee!!!
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God I love IMDb!
I came to review a film .... and every reply is from someone on my ignore list. I can't read one reply!
That's funny!
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Tell that to the ppl he murdered and their family members,unless you've had a family member murdered by some animals,you should keep your mouth closed.
shareActually, I know people that have had just this kind of thing happen to a loved one. What they have done is deal with their grief and forgive. At the end of the day, it's all about redemption and forgiveness. If you want to hold on to hate …. you'll find out how that's gonna work for you. Good luck.
shareHold on to hate..He murdered people,do you think he cared about how they felt..And I've had family members murdered too,so I to know how it feels.No hate towards the murderers,just don't care to have them live,they have to pay for their crimes.It works very well for me,I have no guilt,i killed nobody and have no need for redemtion.
shareThe first victim, Albert Owens, 26, a clerk at a 7-Eleven store in Whittier, was ordered to lie on the floor and then was shot in the back during a $120 robbery on Feb. 28, 1979. One of the robbers, Alfred Coward, granted immunity from prosecution, testified that Williams had fired the fatal shots and laughed about it afterward. Williams reportedly told friends, "You should have heard the way he sounded when I shot him."
On March 11, 1979, Yen-I Yang, 76, and Tsai-Shai Yang, 63, owners of the Brookhaven Motel in Los Angeles, and their daughter, Yee-Chen Lin, 43, were shot to death during a $100 robbery. A sheriff's expert testified that a shell casing found at the scene matched Williams' shotgun. Other prosecution witnesses said Williams had admitted committing both crimes, and that he had referred to the motel victims as "Buddha-heads."
Here is a small sample. 4 lives for $220, his life was worthless and the sooner we killed the SOB the better off the world would have been, it is a shame he was able to live as long as he did.
Um ... it's called redemption for a reason. Did you even watch the film?
i wasn't expecting to be impressed by foxx, but he blew me away. his performance was incredible and elevates what would have been a mediocre made-for-tv film into something worth watching.
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i don't know what brought on this disgusting and uncalled for comment, but this film doesn't "immortalize" tookie williams as some sort of martyr or make light of his past crimes.
when you find god, perhaps you'll learn not to wish death on others.
He was playing a monster pretending to be a martyr, is that acting?
The second last frame of the film suggests he's innocent... disgusting.