Power Of One

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Average Rating: (See all 7 reviews) Format: DVD (PG) Quantity Available: 4 24 hour shipping From the Acadamy Award winning Director of Rocky and The Karate Kid comes a story as explosive as today's headlines. Morgan Freeman, John Gielgud and Stephen Dorff star in The Power Of One, a compelling, hard-hitting movie from hitmaker John G Avildsen. An orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs, young PK turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner (Freeman), who teaches him how to box. "Little beat big when little smart," the prisoner tells PK. "First with the head, then with the heart." Living by these words, PK (Dorff) fights with his fists and leads his heart as he grows to manhood. He takes on the system and the injustices he sees around him - and finds that one person really can make a difference. Run Time: 127 minutes Studio: Warner Bros FullScreen: None Widescreen: Yes Format: NTSC Aspect: 1.78:1 Director: John G. Avildsen Cast: Stephen Dorff, Morgan Freeman, Armin Mueller-Stahl, John Gielgud Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Publisher: Warner Bros. UPC: 9325336010105

this movie is such a good watch! it is very intriging and it makes you feel really good on the inside. the acting is just absolutely phenomenal. in would definatley reccomend this movie to everyone. its very interesting and you will feel let down. yeah, so go out and buy this! BOOYAH! hahaha just go get it! good stuff

The Power of One is an intriguing story of a young English boy named Peekay and his passion for changing the world. Growing up he suffered as the only English boy in an Afrikaans school. Soon orphaned, he was placed in the care of a German national named Professor von Vollensteen (a.k.a. "Doc"), a friend of his grandfather. Doc develops Peekay's piano talent and Peekay becomes "assistant gardener" in Doc's cactus garden. It is not long after WWII begins that Doc is placed in prison for failure to register with the English government as a foreigner. Peekay makes frequent visits and meets Geel Piet, an inmate, who teaches him to box. Geel Piet spreads the myth of the Rainmaker, the one who brings peace to all of the tribes. Peekay is cast in the light of this myth. After the war Peekay attends an English private school where he continues to box. He meets a young girl, Maria, with whom he falls in love. Her father, Professor Daniel Marais, is a leader of the Nationalist Party of South Africa. The two fight to teach the natives English as Peekay's popularity grows via the myth. Peekay looses focus until he sees the success of his language school among the tribes. He and Guideon Duma continue the work in hopes of building a better future for Africa.

this is a real must see movie, based on a real must read book! the book is so powerful, and so is the movie, as it captures the essence of the book perfectly, by having a stunning cast, containing famous faces like morgan freeman. even the boxing scenes arent boring! a great movie!

I have to admit to being totally surprised by the way I felt about this movie. I expected to HATE it. A movie about boxing!! Not my idea of an interesting, or insightful view of apartheid! Although it is not nearly as good a movie as it is a book this movie more than delivers the goods. You have a wonderful more than slightly bitter story about this incredible child growing into a caring and concientious young man truly against the odds. His guides on his path from boyhood to adulthood are beautifully played by Armin Mueller Stahl, Morgan Freeman and Sir John Gielgud, not an unimpressive list. Stephen Dorff is impressive as the older Peekay and the actors playing the younger versions also help to create a character that is truly warm and appealing. The music from this movie also remains one of my favourite soundtracks of all time. It moves between being uplifting and happy to melancholy and powerful. It is truly a beautiful soundtrack. All in all I cannot reccommend this movie enough, if I had never watched it I wouldn't have even know of the book and it is now one of my favourites also. Watch this movie and I truly believe you won't be disappointed.

When our teacher at school first put this on for our dvd review of the book, I thought here we go, but after watching the first 10 minutesof the movie, I really started to enjoy it. Really sad, but so true in many countries around the world, it really makes you appreciate what you have.

When I initially saw this movie I liked it, so I read the book. I immediately hated the movie as the book is infinitely superior to the movie and the movie is nothing like the book. The entire meaning of the book was butchered, everything was changed and twisted in the opposite direction, entire major characters are removed, and major characters which never existed in the book are invented just for the movie. I'm afraid in light of this all I can do is recommend you read the book instead, as this movie is an insult to it. A pity, because in itself the movie was okay, but only if it is considered unrelated to the book.

i didn't really like this movie, i found it quite boring and some of the acting was alittle poor, the actress who plays marie/maria i think didn't do a very good job at portraying her character. you may like this movie if you are familiar with the history it is based apon, maybe this is why i didn't really like it so much. if you liked the book then i suggest you see this movie.