Malcolm X (1992)

• Year: 1992
• Released: 18 Nov 1992
• Country: United States, Japan
• Adwords: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 19 wins & 24 nominations total
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104797/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Malcolm_X
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/malcolm-x
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English, Arabic
• MPA Rating: PG-13
• Genre: Biography, Drama, History
• Runtime: 202 min
• Writer: Arnold Perl, Spike Lee, Alex Haley
• Director: Spike Lee
• Cast: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo
• Keywords: biography, new york city, police, prison, beach,

	7.7/10
	73/100

Malcolm X Storyline

Biograpical epic of Malcolm X, the legendary African American leader. Born Malcolm Little, his father (a Garveyite Baptist minister) was killed by the Ku Klux Klan. Malcolm became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. He preaches the teachings when let out of jail, but later on goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca, there he converts to the original Islamic religion and becomes a Sunni Muslim and changes his name to El-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz. He is assassinated on February 21, 1965 and dies a Muslim martyr.

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Malcolm X Movie Reviews

Spike Lee’s best movie ever

Reaching his apex of greatness, Spike Lee created a perfect biography of the Black Nationalist leader. In the title role, Denzel Washington literally becomes the character. From the opening, when he accurately accuses the white man of all the injustices that the white man has perpetrated, to his conversion to Islam (and rejection of his slave surname), to his eventual assassination, the movie is top-notch in every respect.

Having read Malcolm X’s autobiography, I can affirm that the movie followed it very closely. Reading his autobiography will actually help you understand him even further. As will his indication that African-Americans bled for the white man in Korea, Japan, Italy, etc., so why shouldn’t they bleed for their freedom at home? Anyway, “Malcolm X” is a perfect movie in every way.

Picks up after the first hour

A typically solid performance from the excellent Denzel Washington carries this Spike Lee biopic of the controversial figure through his life and untimely death. It’s a lengthy and muddled film at times, and mostly flawed in the first hour, which doesn’t seem to be about anything. The editing is a mess and the jumbled, non-linear narrative is headache-inducing too. The good news is that once the action shifts to the prison setting, it gets a whole lot better, as focused and determined as the character it portrays, and the ending is full-on drama.

It inspired me…

As I watched MALCOLM X, I was surprised how much I liked the film and how interesting it was. So interesting, in fact, that I soon was inspired to read “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” that was compiled and written by Alex Haley. Then, I read a rather interesting (warts and all) account of Malcolm X’s mentor, Elijah Mohammad.

From what I have since learned from these and other sources, I was quite impressed at the movie–it seemed to try very hard to get the story right. Malcolm X’s life was neither over-glorified nor was he portrayed the opposite–the story seemed to be quite balanced and without a serious ax to grind. It would have been easy to make the movie just an attack on the Nation of Islam or an attempt to make the title character some sort of saint.

As for the acting, it was super. The script, excellent. The direction, first-rate. An excellent film that everyone should see–it is fascinating from start to finish.