Google Robert Walter Scully Jr. He was a member of the Aryan Brotherhood. One difference was that he used a shotgun in the slaying of a Sonoma County Deputy Sheriff at the traffic stop in the beginning.
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robertscholl19 January 2018
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Saw the Atlanta premiere of Supremacy as part of the Pan African Film Festival. The movie is about a recently released white supremacist who is picked up by his lady friend. Along the way, things go array and they have to seek refuge in the home of an ex-convict (Danny Glover). The former prisoner is set not to go back to prison while Mr. Walker (Danny Glover) is set to lead his family to safety. A high stakes film that is based on a real life story. According to the director who was at the screening, the story was shot in 10 days. Danny Glover shared that it was a team effort and they were free to share their true emotion of this tense movie. This movie touches on the complexity of family, society, and justice as the characters fight to find a path to their own escape. It is a star performance by Danny Glover as he attempts to keep calm during the rage of emotion.
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t-dooley-69-38691618 April 2015Based on actual events (so a bit of licence has deffo been taken) this is about Garrett Tully (Joe Anderson) who has just done a fifteen year stretch for armed robbery. He is the sort of guy who has a modicum of intelligence all designed to back up his racist philosophy and more tattoos than a Colombian drugs cartel. He is also one of the White Supremacists and the brotherhood or what ever they want to call themselves, arrange for some cheap trailer park trash to pick him up on his release. This is Doreen played very convincingly by Dawn Olivieri ('American Hustle').
Then things go South very quickly when Tully guns down a cop. They then high tail it to a local house where an extended African American family live and they take them hostage.
Danny Glover plays the man of the hostage house here and he does so with a gravitas and vulnerability that actually raises this film up a level or two. It is an indie effort but does not suffer from that. Some of the police procedures are a bit questionable, but as ever are done for dramatic effect rather than accuracy. It has an air of menace and panic and for all its minor flaws remains a strong film with some very credit worthy performances and the direction is to be commended too. Not action packed either; much more psychological so if that is your thing then this will be one you may want to watch. -
blessedcjc-130 June 2015I found this on Netflix and decided to give it a gander. It is intense and deals with the racial tension that has always existed between the races. The recently paroled inmate vs the aging man who was once an inmate. It seeks to show how they are different but the same. Each has come to a decision that not only affects them but others. In the end they both learn from each other that hate is a business and both of them have been pawns of propaganda. Very interesting para-drama between the mother and the daughter. The daughter blurred the family lines with self-preservation. Tension mounts throughout the entire movie and each must face their own mortality and fears in order to survive.
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SunRae4u22 December 2019I know the sister of this man, Robert Scully Jr. She was my caregiver for 2 years and she shared stories about her family with me. This is a true story. Robert was in trouble with the law since he was young. He had just been released from prison the very day he killed a sheriff and broke into the home of an African American family and took them hostage. The deputy sheriff was in the wrong place at the wrong time and he is the real victim in this story. Of course so was the family who was taken hostage was terrorized by his actions. Thank God they all lived. Scully and his accomplice who I feel set some of the events that happened on this day into motion, deserve what they got. For those of you who were unable to find information about this crime, I'm not sure what to tell you except it is a true story. You might try a Google search for Robert Walter Scully Jr.
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This story is based upon real events, so you should know right away that you're going to be in for a wild ride!!
I caught this on Netflix and missed a bit at the beginning. From what I can gather, Danny Glover was an ex-con, hosting some other ex- convicts on the run from authorities, until things take a very big turn for the worse. As it happens, Joe Anderson and his crew are white supremacists, and Danny Glover is black. The challenges each group faces as they assimilate to their newer more raucous way of life becomes a huge issue. Also, with children in the picture, the ultimate goal for everyone becomes survival.
Danny Glover is terrific in his role, delivering a powerful performance as a man with his own demons, but charged with protecting his extended family.
Overall, decent film, well-acted, with the strongest performances delivered by Dawn Olivieri, and Evan Ross. It's about trust, and learning to go beyond your prejudices. Very heartwarming and well- acted. -
LeonLouisRicci16 September 2015This is One of Those Low-Budget Movies that is Confined, Mostly, to a Couple of Small Rooms and the Director has the Characters Cry, Sob, and Bawl A Lot to Add Some Movement and Emotion to the Restrained Sets.
This is Basically All Over Emoted with Much Shouting, Except for Danny Glover Who Whispers and Mumbles for Contrast. The Conflict Between the Neo-Nazi Couple and the African-American "Family" Consists of Guns to the Face, and Waterworks.
Nothing Much Happens and a Few Flashbacks Relieve the Claustrophobic Atmosphere Once in Awhile and that Helps, but Ultimately the Film Goes Nowhere and Strains for Some Insight that is Rarely Attained.
Joe Anderson Does OK but the Constant Gun Barrell He Thrusts in the Faces of the Hostages Gets Boring and Redundantly Silly After a While. Dawn Oliveri as the White Supremacy "Groupie" as She is Described Waivers Wildly and Fluctuates Between Psychotic and Motherly.
None of this is Satisfying Trying to Deliver Messages About the Psychology of Hate Groups or the Bonding of Family in a Crisis that it Tries So Desperately to Convey. It is Done in an Overwrought Fashion and the Script is None too Smart About Any of It. -
blumdeluxe2 May 2019"Supremacy" tells the story of a recently released white supremacist, who, along with a young woman, kills a cop and seeks shelter in the house of a black family, which he holds as hostages. From there on, personal drama begins to unfold in multiple layers between all of the different characters.
I find the movie to be quite well made. It is maybe not powerful enough to really be outstanding but it creates a very intense atmosphere which could explode any moment. The story lives from the personal interactions and the changing hierarchies and relationships between the involved. I don't know to which extent it really is based on true events but just as a story it works rather well.
All in all I was positively surprised by this film. It may be nothing you'll talk about ten years from now but it's definitely an interesting addition and when it comes to atmosphere also an example for many other films. -
timlin-428 January 2015While the characters are well developed, this movie's attempts at creating drama or delivering a message fail. Anderson energetically plays his character like Jesse Pinkman from Breaking Bad, Glover whispers powerfully like Don Corleone, and Olivieri has the most interesting performance that resembles one of Toni Collette's neurotic characters. But the actions of the characters don't really make any sense, they are crudely forced into the story, unnaturally animated like puppets. Even more unforgivable, the movie skips ahead some minutes past a key scene so that it can be revealed later through a flashback. This is so infuriating I had to adjust my rating even lower as I wrote this. And of course the ending was not any better, some intensity is conveyed, but it's contrived and basically silly.
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kosmasp7 January 2015As a thriller this works nicely, mostly because of the performances. The characters and the setting is pretty simple. As is the mindset of certain individuals in this. Danny Glover showing is once again, that contrary to what one of his characters says, he's not getting too old for this. Good performance to counter the other lead performance. Racism and violence meets with dignity and calmness.
In the most crazy situation, where everything seems to fall apart, it's tough to stay cool and not be affected by this. The movie is obviously a morality tale, not only about crime (and that you're alone in it, even when it seems like you have an ally), but the stark contrast between hate and love. Real family and made up family too ... -
mshavzin8 October 2017I watched it because I thought a review suggested that it was "ripped from the headlines" its not. Its loosely based on an occurrence where a white robber killed a white policeman. Seeing how racism was the big part of this entire film, I think ripped from the headlines is really NOT a very good way of advertising.
I guess next we will be seeing a "ripped from the headlines" film about the Brooklyn subway killer, Frank James, or the Wisconsin Xmas Parade massacre killer Darrell Brooks Jr will be played by a white guy, and their victims will be played by black actors.... I mean same story, but just a little artistic license... -
planktonrules27 January 2015When the film "Supremacy" begins, you see a message that says that this story is based on a real case. I did a bit of research and could find nothing about this case--but it sure left me wanting to know more. The opening scene is just outside a prison and Garrett Tully (Joe Anderson) has been released. A women he doesn't know is there to pick him up, and obviously some sort of wicked plan is uniting them. Before too long, their pickup truck is stopped by the police and Tully panics and kills the cop. They flee and soon take refuge in a home full of people. The choice of homes is ironic, considering that Tully is an avowed white supremacist--and their captives are a black family. Through the rest of the film, you see Tully and his female accomplice terrorize the family and you wonder if any of these people are going to end up alive by the end of the story.
As you can tell by my description that this film has a very simple plot. However, it makes the most of it and is an awfully well made film considering its humble pedigree. The director (Deon Taylor) and the writer (Eric J. Adams) are relative newbies with filmmaking. And, apart from Danny Glover who plays the family patriarch, the actors are mostly folks who will be unknown to the viewer. But it all works so well. In particular, the acting of Anderson as the kidnapper, Lela Rochon (Odessa, the mother) and Glover (Mr. Walker) are really superb and make the story seem quite real.
This is not a perfect film but it is far better than I'd expected it to be. The ending alone is more than enough reason to watch the film. My only reservations are about the appropriateness of the film for all audiences. It has a few violent scenes, one sexual encounter and a ton of language that might just make you blush. While the language certainly help to give this one an R rating here in the States, I appreciated how the film avoided being politically correct--and used extremely vivid and offensive racial epithets and stereotypes. After all, racism is ugly and here it is shown in all its ugliness. Well done and worth seeing. -
rbrb7 February 2020A tense and absorbing thriller. Lunatic just released from jail kills a policeman and kidnaps a family.
The movie claims to be based on actual events.
Joe Anderson gives a show stopping performance as the evil one.
Worth watching!
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kenklasser9 May 2015Spoiler Alert!!! I have a question but it reveals a small item. So if you haven't seen this movie, don't read this review. If you've seen the movie, then you know what I'm talking about if you also noticed it. Or maybe you know the answer? If so how do you know it? Thanks.
I thought the movie was great. A basic plot line yet done right. It's gripping and thought-provoking, and leaves you just sort of pondering - it sticks with you. I only had one complaint, a loose end as it were - and here's the spoiler: What happened to Anthony? The last we hear is when Odessa is on the phone and then says that he's dying and she's going to go to him. But they never follow up. Did he die? Or did he recover? That strikes me as an important point that they never return to. -
wandernn1-81-68327421 March 2022This movie about a white supremacist released on parole who shortly thereafter kills a police officer is based on a real case. 1995 Slaying of Officer Frank Trejo. The convicted murderers actual name was Scully., in this movie the name is Tully.
The movie adds the racism part, but the actual hostage situation was a real occurrence. So setting the real aside and taking this movie for what it is, it's pretty good. It deals with the subject of racism far better than the movie I just watched before it, MFA, dealt with the subject of college rape.
This movie has a great cast. Danny Glover is in top form. Joe Sullivan's performance is good, and really a short appearance by Anson Mount was pretty intense.
This movie turned out to be a lot more than I expected it to be. 7/10. -
This film started out pretty intense. The racial language was charged and uncomfortable. The main character played by Joe Anderson showed an inner torment that was both expected and at times, nonsensical. The actress who played Doreen, I felt did not do an adequate job of portraying a supposed Aryan Brotherhood worshiper. The emotion in many parts of her character didn't seem to fit the moment.
I don't believe this film was meant to be shown for entertainment value, but more for opening up discussion on racism and the complexities of society and justice. I felt it could have developed the subtleties and nuances of racism besides the obvious and extreme state of racism as in the characters in the film.
The family all stay very calm and collected throughout most of the film, which felt unnatural and was a surprise to me.
Overall, it was the lack of believability of some of the characters that made me rate this film lower than I wanted to.
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adrianz5925 February 2022For me, this film is a good work if you simply see it for what it is and not expect lashings of profundity and layering. There is social commentary but not really anything new; which is fine. There are human interactions that are credible and work well. Nothing too complex, but that's okay too. I feel that this film implants those things solidly, if not particularly uniquely, but delivers overall as a taut experience for the viewer.
It is tense from beginning to end. Which may turn some people off. And, based on a true story, you know the plot is only going to go one of two or three ways. I was engaged enough to want to find out which way, because it was the ride along the film's surface that was the best part. Tight script, realistic dialogue, exceptional acting across the board (the young boy is incredible in the kitchen scene), and realistic "action" -- nothing cartoonish or overblown about it. To the contrary. The primary murder scene we see is time-spliced and delivered artfully so as to increase its impact.
There is a sense of realism that is fully intact, which is never easy to achieve inside of a couple of hours AND fulfill plot movement, a certain degree of character complexity, etc.
Opinions will differ because appraising art will always be highly subjective. Apparently most critics slammed Supremacy when it came out. But critics are just people who've seen a lot of movies and read books about them, paid for their opinions -- and I'm not sure many of them could make a decent film themselves.
Certainly not one of the "best" movies I've seen, but a complete and polished package within the scope of the script. And for anyone who likes their "dramaction" stretched as taut as a drum skin, it will be a couple of hours well spent. -
cassierook29 January 2015I think the most important thing is to first off, commend Joe Anderson - an actor who deserves far more recognition than he has been given in his long standing career; Tully is the film's inordinate saving grace, and it is not thanks to any brilliant script writing or cinematography, he brought both vulnerability and unexpected humanity to a character that would otherwise have fallen flatly into the 'bad ex-con' category.
Tully, in the final scene, and in momentary glimpses throughout the film, provides the film with its emotional strength; you cannot look away from him - Anderson is pure pent-up energy, raw emotion.
Regrettably, the film does not take his character as far as it needed to - Supremacy is a thing of enormous potential, it could be extraordinary. But, it is not. Tully, in the end, only has a brief moment of redemptive vulnerability, the moments in between are not enough. There was potential within the frame of the script to accelerate further, to shake the moral boundaries - I was hoping not to see another 'and then the bad guys get punished, the end' - I wanted this film to make me question what makes a person bad, if that exists at all, I wanted to feel more for Tully.
That's not to say that Joe Anderson is not sympathetic in the role. But I'm uncertain how much of that was his strength as an actor, versus the filmmaker's intention - I'm guessing that it's pretty much all on Joe.
The ending ought to have been left, at the very least, ambiguous. For a character to alter, and then be given the death penalty regardless - off screen, as a footnote - erases the work of the actor and the filmmaker; in the end, he is punished, karma/the law happens etc. Yes, it's based on a true story, but it's still a narrative film - that's no excuse. The ending diminishes Anderson's strikingly childlike performance in the last scene - he takes the thunder from Glover altogether, we care about Tully (or would, if the character arc had been more pronounced), ending it on a footnote is lazy script writing.
To conclude, I did enjoy the film, it was well made, there were moments when the cinematography was lovely to look at. I wish that they had hired another writer, however, because the potential of the film was probably greater than the film itself. -
Tealecaliendo26 April 2022I was a nervous wreck watching this. It was so well done...the flashbacks worked and the acting was terrific. I don't understand the negativity surrounding this film. A must se movie. My sister suggested it...I'm passing that suggestion on. Excellent.
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keithdt12 February 2020Thought that critics were incredibly unfair to this movie, which I thought was quite worthwhile, although not perfect (but what is?). Don't like to write reviews but thought anyone looking into this film might want to know that there is more info about Robert Scully in an Atlantic article about the prison system titled "When They Get Out", dated June 1999; you can google (or bing, as I prefer) it to read it in full. The information on Tully is in the 1st half of the article.
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lorilea-125897 January 2022Joe Anderson is a name you wouldn't recognize like the famous Danny Glover, but you should. The both of them set the screen on fire with this story. Amazing acting, great film.