"Brian Banks" is tainted with melodrama, a predictable script and no touchdowns.
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In this drama based on a true story, a football player is wrongly convicted of a crime and sent to prison, but years later fights to clear his name.
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Running nearly 100-minutes but feels way longer; "Brian Banks" is a dedicated true story about a man's fight for the truth, but this film fails to deliver any sense of redemption. I would like to understand why they would cast Aldis Hodge as a twenty-something Banks, when he looks 40. That bothered me the entire movie and I still try to wrap my head around it. A disappointing approach that had some potential.
Review of Brian Banks
