Loved the opening shot, with the two water fountains right next to each other connected to the same waterpipe. Made it worth the watching just for that.

It’s an interesting movie, though the final conviction of the KKK killing gang is achieved through lies and deception on part of the FBI. Which makes you wonder what the moral of the story is (besides that segregation sucks of course). An eye for an eye sorta thing. Apparently the law abiding ways of agent Ward aren’t enough to outsmart racist bastards and you have to get down and dirty too. I didn’t find that idea too appealing.

I didn’t like this movie, because it being the first time I watched it, I found it extremely difficult to follow. Sure, it did a great job showing the segregation between blacks and whites in the south at that time, but other than that.. I didn’t really think it was worth my time.