BLACK SNAKE MOAN I remember when this film first came out all I heard about was some big controversy about a black man chaining up a naked white woman. My first thought was who cares I have seen more offensive things on cartoons, I mean come on. So the time went by and I never had the desire to watch this movie, at first. Eventually my brother brought this by and said he had been wanting to see it forever, not because of the stuff sounding the film … more
A much better film then I thought it would be plus Ricci is hot. All the performances were great in this film and while not the ebst film ever still more than worthy of a rental.
Lazarus Redd (Samuel Jackson) is left by his wife, Rose, after she states that living with him didn't allow her to live her own life. Laz is left bitter and alone, with nothing to fill him except his love of playing the blues. Rae Doole, (Christina Ricci) has a $exual addiction disorder. When her boyfriend Ronnie (Justin Timberlake) leaves to join the military, Rae gets one of her "attacks" and goes on the prowl. One of Ronnie's friends gets his hands on her and beats the … more
For a movie packed with graphic imagery, infused with heart-thumping blues music, and then generously splattered with raw emotion, the plot of Black Snake Moan is remarkably simple. Samuel L. Jackson plays Lazarus, a Tennessee farmer and former blues guitarist whose wife takes off with his brother for some good times. Naturally he doesn't take the news very well, but before he can even come to grips with his loss, he finds a badly beaten young girl (Christina Ricci, who seems … more