Not sure how I came across this movie, if it was a random Netflix find or a recommendation. It had a very interesting cast, including Stephan Dorff, a bald Morgan Freeman, and first-movie Daniel Craig. But there really is not a constant actor throughout the film as it spans the life of a young boy growing up in apartheid South Africa, the people he meets and the trials he goes through. Boxing is a main theme, a constant that stays with him from a young boy to adulthood, and is used as the mechanism to cross the racial gap.
The Power of One is not a fun movie, in fact it is quite the opposite being primarily just sad. The main character looses pretty much everyone he ever gets close to, and sacrifices his dreams to follow the "right" path fighting to lead and inspire people against apartheid. All his loves are taken from him and loneliness is often all that remains.
If you are looking for a two-hour violent, emotional, quasi-inspiring drama then this movie is for you.
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