Review of The Power of One (1992) by Jay Boyar for Orlando Sentinel — 22 Sep 2014
Reducing the racist characters to the level of frothing-at-the-mouth Karate Kid villains doesn't shed much light on a serious social problem. (Louis Malle's portrait of the young Gestapo member in the 1974 Lacombe, Lucien came much closer to exposing the banality of evil.
) And Avildsen doesn't make matters any better by staging scenes of racial violence so luridly that they almost amount to a form of exploitation.
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This review of The Power of One (1992) was written by Jay Boyar and published by Orlando Sentinel on 22 Sep 2014.
The Power of One has generally received positive reviews.
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