'The Hurricane' tells of the dramatic story of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, an African-American man who rose above his troubled youth to become a top contender for the middleweight boxing title. Denzel Washington does a fantastic and realistic job playing the character of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter.

The movie starts with Hurricane's childhood years, spent growing up in the tough streets of New Jersey where he had to fight to survive. It is these years, which develop him mentally, and physically to become the champion fighter that he was in his later years. Throughout his youth, Hurricane gets put in and out of prison non-stop. While in prison, he trains himself to become a fighter.

One night, Hurricane is wrongly accused of committing three murders along with another man. After two all-white juries find him guilty, he is sentenced to 3 life terms in prison. While in prison, he alienates himself from the other inmates, and while doing so, he writes and publishes his autobiography, 'The Sixteenth Round'.

Years later, an African-American boy name Lesra Martin (Vicellous Reon Shannon) who lived with his Canadian guardians found Hurricane's book and gets himself involved in the story of Hurricane. Together with his Canadian friends Terry Swinton (John Hannah), Lisa Peters (Deborah Kara Unger) and Sam Chaiton (Live Schreiber), Lesra fights to get Hurricane another trial to free him from his wrongful accusations.

This movie is well done and is recommended to anyone who enjoys watching touching dramatic stories about love, courage and the true power of friendship. Perhaps at times the movie gets a bit slow but it is generally worth it.