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Race

The incredible true story of gold medal champion Jesse Owens

7.2 / 10

134 minutes

2016-02-19

English

CA

Actors :

Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Eli Goree, Shanice Banton, Carice van Houten, Jeremy Irons, William Hurt, David Kross, Jonathan Higgins, Tony Curran, Amanda Crew, Barnaby Metschurat, Chantel Riley, Vlasta Vrana, Shamier Anderson

Description

Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.

Reviews

GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwine

1/12/2023, 3:19:40 AM

Wow, Hopkins directed this and, honestly, at best he's directed a lot of guilty pleasure movies. You know, the movies that you know are bad but you like them anyway. This one is actually, well, good. It's a legit good film and that is odd for Hopkins. Anyway, the failing is the Nazi thing. The discrimination in America plays, because that was really the principal challenge that Owens needed ...