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It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

I'm a big fan of Walter Mosely's detective Easy Rawlins . Easy led me to Fearless Jones who lead me to Socrates Fortlow. And I am very glad and grateful to make friends with Socrates . The Book Always outnumbered Always outgunned. Told the story of a Convict named Socrates Fortlow who is released from prison after serving a life sentence for the rape and murder of a girl and her boyfriend. The Book tells us that Socrates has sledgehammer hands rock breaking hands . He's a powerful man. And he's full of remorse for the evil act he did. Back in the late 60's Socrates murdered a man and a woman while drunk and now he's paid his whole life for that act. Always Outnumbered Always outgunned. Sums up the story rather well. The Book was broken down into a series of Short stories in which the movie took its script from and tells those stories as a whole movie. And it is a Marvel. The Story is simple. Socrates Fortlow is a Ex Con released from jail ten months ago. He looks for work but the only work available to him is gathering bottles and cans . Socrates becomes involved in the problem of a young boy who witnessed a terrible Crime committed by a street gang. While trying to help the boy grow up to be a man Socrates also becomes involved in the problems of his neighborhood . And while helping others he realizes a man can't run away from his problems he has to help. And By helping he might find redemption. Along the Way Socrates finds a Woman to love. And gets a job. But each story in itself contains a lesson. And that's the point of this wonderful under rated movie. You're always outnumbered Always outgunned but you can't stop. you can't let them win because you're scared. You can't let the world beat you down so that you don't care. You make a stand for something. And you have to have a Code of honor.Something that'll help you along the way. And maybe just maybe you might be more then you thought you were.Wonderful cast. Wonderful Storytelling at its best. highly recommended .

Great cast and great story. Characters are multi-faceted instead of one-dimensional. No clichés and not stereotypical. One of my favorites of Laurence Fishbourne's roles as Socrates Furtlow - a man who's had challenges but still remains strong. I'm surprised that I really like and believe Natalie Cole's performance - she's at her best (in acting department). Cicely Tyson and Bill Cobb are too real - you know a senior citizen just like them, don't you? A movie for my collection - worth seeing again and again and again. I'm a real fan of black movies that show the community - real but with it's positive attributes as well as its challenges - and how folks coming together - just being neighborly - can make a difference in the community. Should be a classic.

I was really impressed by this movie. This film is not like others where everything is black and white. It has a very very good story. I can say it is much better movie than you usually can see in cinema. ...storyline goes about Fortlow Socrates. He is poor guy bat he want to get job and to have a normal life. He is very moral and proud man... he was in jail for killing to peoples an for rape. One day he found am kid...when he ask him why he killed chicken, kid become very nervous...they become very good friends. At the end almost everything turns out OK, except one big thing! His best fried dies...this doesn't do a lot of bad thing on Socrates soul because his friend did what he want in life...same as Socrates want.If you like watching a touching movies this is good choose for you!

Via this finely crafted and deeply thoughtful 1998 film, Michael Apted directed our consciousness towards more than one of our society's trash heaps. With it now being 2004, I do not see any change. Laurence Fishburne's character, Socrates, still deftly provides us with poignant details about *our* needs. And so Apted's metaphorical deaths (and the wasted physical death, which is finely portrayed by Bill Cobb's character, Right Burke) must *again* make us face our society's problems. Some may callously claim that everyone (in some way) must kill themselves for a society (and thus "many must suffer"), but this film (and our current society) is their glass house. All three men (and no less importantly, the rest of the cast) should be very proud of this current, relevant work.