Film Review for The Green Mile
By George Robbins
[usr 5]
This film review for The Green Mile is meant to explain why I think this movie’s plot is so interesting. First off, the characters in the film are excellently portrayed. The characters are prison guards and their wards on death row in the 1930’s called the “green mile.” Some people are cruel on both sides of the bars, but there are plenty who aren’t. There is one man in particular behind bars who is intimidating to look at but is a gentle soul. As stated in the film, it is a sin to let that man die, and all of the guards left by the time of his execution know this.
All of the main characters have some kind of interaction with the miracle working prisoner. Following a botched execution, we even see the miracle worker himself find vengeance in some form for the man who died so violently. We, as viewers, get to see that everyone isn’t always as bad as they seem. Following the revelation that the miracle worker really is innocent, we hope for his release. This is not how things work out however, because that isn’t how life works.
After we find out there is no hope for the innocent man, we, and the characters, feel empty. An innocent man has died for the crimes of another, but we all move on. After a gift to the world was shunned, people reaped what they sowed in a sense. All of the remaining guards quit because of course they would, and this is how characters should be written. This film review for The Green Mile is just meant to illustrate that people will always hate injustice, but it will always be there, but so is the good.
For more information on the film, click here. If you want a film slightly similar to this, try Con Air.