#Is the act based on a true story full#

Nothing in his background made it any more acceptable that he was wrongfully convicted of three murders. Perhaps the film-makers felt that this background made Carter an unsympathetic character вЂ“ but, in real life, the fact that Carter didn't get on with army authority and had a criminal record was part of his story. He was afterwards convicted of three muggings.

In real life, he underwent four court martials for various behavioural and discipline offences and was eventually discharged as 'unfit for military service'.

#Is the act based on a true story full#

It is true that he ran away from a juvenile detention centre and joined the army, but in The Hurricane he appears to emerge from it with full honours. Having established the crime, the film delves into Carter's youth. The film's narrative skips back and forth, from Carter (Denzel Washington) protesting in prison in 1973, back to a boxing match in the 1960s (filmed in black and white, with a nod to Raging Bull), forward to the night of the triple homicide at the Lafayette Bar & Grill in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1966. That's fair enough, of course вЂ“ though viewers would do well to keep the disclaimer at the front of their minds throughout. High points вЂ¦ the film's most gripping scenes show Carter's time in prison.ДЄ title card before the film admits that some characters have been composited or invented, and some incidents fictionalised.