Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Wordiezett So much average

VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

XoWizIama Excellent adaptation.

SnoopyStyle It's 1930 and PK is born 3 weeks after the death of his father. His mother struggles to maintain the farm. The penniless English boy is sent to an Afrikaans school. As the only English in school, he is brutally bullied by the Nazi loving Afrikaan boys. His mother dies and he is befriended by his grandfather's friend German exile Professor von Vollensteen 'Doc' (Armin Mueller-Stahl). When war breaks out, Doc is arrested as an illegal German despite the fact that the Nazis have killed all of his family. While spending most of his days in prison with Doc, he is taught boxing by Geel Piet (Morgan Freeman) and witnesses the cruelty against the prisoners. Geel Piet calls him the Rainmaker, the prophesied one who brings unity to all of the tribes. After the war, Doc goes home to Germany. PK (Stephen Dorff) goes to an English private school run by headmaster St. John (John Gielgud) where he falls for Maria whose father Professor Daniel Marais is a leading politician of the Nationalist Party of South Africa.Director John G. Avildsen does a reasonable job. The first half is a great movie. PK as a kid in the school and in prison is very compelling. I like the narration which gives it a feel of a fable. The prison actually makes PK a myth. The second half loses some of that sense. The second half is complicated by a romance and an unnecessary return of a character from the school. The combination makes the movie smaller while trying to take on such big issues. The boxing scenes aren't the best either. There are some of the best actors of all times at work here. Daniel Craig makes his debut. It's set up for it to be a great movie but turns into something less.

Thomas Drufke From the director of Rocky and the original Karate Kid I expected to see a powerful film that is as triumphant as it is educational. The Power of One is neither of those things. It's a great story and I heard the book is great, but the execution is poor. I never really felt anything for these characters and it's decision to move forward years at a time was ineffective.We have seen films like this succeed on a high level. You have to balance doing the story justice while also creating a great movie experience. I never felt myself wanting to find out what happens next to any of these characters. I wanted it to be good but it just didn't turn out the way. The film has great performances. Stepehen Dorff is solid but a bit young for me to believe he actually has this much power and trust among people. And Morgan Freeman even in his 20 minute role was great. His accent didn't seem spot on to what the rest of the cast had and the pacing was just all over the place. I was checking the time multiple times throughout which is an obvious sign of a poor film.Hans Zimmer's score is underused but nonetheless effective. It's actually the only reason I found out about this film. So overall it was an underwhelming film with a few good elements.+Score +Lead performances -Pacing -Directing -Underdeveloped characters-Big moments didn't hit 5.5/10

asbrani13 I think this movie should be mandatory viewing in schools. This has got to be one of the most powerful and uplifting movies ever made. It does't beat around the bush about what's wrong in these places and shows that we can make a difference. I don't like watching movies very much, but once in a while one will come out that just blows me away and this is one of them. The actors do a spectacular job and it draws you into the movie. I have seen The Power of One several times due to me wanting others to see it. This is a great family movie as well and any child can be touched by it's meaning. This is highly recommended by me and all my friends and family who I have forced to watch it.

maralf_75 Hi, This is a wonderful movie to invite youth to work for a goal, to do something about injustice.this is also a movie you must have in your home collection, that is why I want to buy it, but I'm looking for it in Spanish o with subtitles. If anyone can help me I'll be thankfully.To hath this movies it was a good experience, because I'm in a youth group, and we had a moment to talk about this guy PK and make some comparison to our life as young people, and how to use our talents to do something about, and change our little world...Hope to be able to buy this movie