Synopsis
As punishment for drunken, rebellious behavior, a young white soldier is thrown into a stockade populated entirely by black inmates. But instead of falling victim to racial hatred, the soldier joins forces with his fellow prisoners and rises up against the insanely tyrannical and bigoted prison warden.
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Cast
- Charlie SheenPfc. Franklin Fairchild Bean
- Martin SheenMSgt. Otis V. McKinney
- Laurence FishburneRoosevelt Stokes
- Blu MankumaEugene 'Spoonman' Bryce
- Michael BeachEdward James Webb
- Harry StewartHarry 'Sweetbread' Crane
- James MarshallCpl. Harold Lamar
- Ramon EstevezCpl. Gerald Gessner
- Lochlyn MunroBartender
- Matt ClarkBean Sr.
Recommandations
- 70
Time Out
The progression from mutual suspicion to friendship may not be revelatory, but the performances (Fishburne, Stewart, Beach) are lively and Sheen's direction assured. - 60
Empire
Interesting father-and-son dynamic, though not particularly memorable in the long-term. - 50
The New York Times
Cadence, which is the first feature Martin Sheen has directed, allows the director and his son Charlie ample opportunity to grapple with one another, as well as with questions of racial harmony and with another of Mr. Sheen's sons, Ramon Estevez. The result is well meaning and at times even gently likable. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
CADENCE is watchable while it lasts, with a generous leavening of humor, but the film keeps throwing emotional punches that never quite connect. - 50
Baltimore Sun
Cadence is a bare-bones film. It needs more fill-in, but in spite of its gaps is entertaining and even a little provocative. It is a movie that says something positive about humankind, and there aren't that many films that do. - 50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Despite Sheen's earnestness - and despite the movie's obvious good intentions - the script is confused and unfocused, and clumsily borrows elements of movies like From Here to Eternity and Bridge Over the River Kwai without any of those classics' higher meaning. [18 Jan 1991] - 50
The Seattle Times
The story has its possibilities, but inauthentic detail and uncertain directorial tone undermine it. [18 Jan 1991, p.23] - 40
Washington Post
Emotions in this film operate on a made-for-TV level; they don't engage you.
