The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Racial hatred has always divided people not only between black and white, but Indian, Hispanic or any other race. Hitler rose to power blaming the Jews, and killed 6 million people. We can't let it happen again, but if we're not careful it WILL happen again.