SincereFinest disgusting, overrated, pointless

Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Jakoba True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Sameir Ali Musician Jimmy Cliff plays the lead role. He is coming to the new town. He is in search of a job. Food-less and homeless, he wanders around in search of a job. Finally, he comes to a preacher. He takes up the job as a mechanic. He meets a young girl there and falls in love.The movie is a cult entertainer. There are so many mistakes of beauty. Music and violence leads the movie a entertaining. The language may be little hard for normal audience, in that case better to watch with sub titles."You Can Get It If You Really Want..." this should be in your minds after watching the film.#KiduMovie

Lee Eisenberg Previously, Jamaica had appeared on screen as the setting of "Dr. No". But it was in Perry Henzel's reggae-themed film "The Harder They Come" that the Caribbean island really made a splash. The movie is based on the life of Ivanhoe "Rhyging" Martin, a man who moved to Kingston in the 1940s and became a hero to Jamaica's masses through his fights against the police, and eventually got shot dead. Jimmy Cliff brings the role to the screen perfectly, capturing every aspect of day-to-day life on the island, and how Ivan has to turn to illegal activities just to survive. But the best part is without a doubt the music. This celebration of reggae is everything that any Rastafarian could want. "The Harder They Come" is one great movie, mahn! Jimmy Cliff later co-starred in Harold Ramis's innocuously silly "Club Paradise", about an ex-firefighter (Robin Williams) who establishes a resort on a Caribbean island.

Paul_Kersey_Jr I'm shocked that all the "hated it" ratings are sixes and sevens, still above average. To me, this seems a case of "the emperor has no clothes". I understand this film was produced on a very low budget in the early 70's...Regardless, it became a struggle to sit through and watch. The DVD I saw did have some subtitles, but about 75% of the speech is not subtitled. Some of it is hard to understand. The Jamaican patois was cool to hear, but you struggle not to 'tune out' after awhile. Some of the shots were nice, and the realism was there, even if some of the performances were not great.(Jimmy Cliff did a good job) The plot is not bad, but quite predictable. In the 1:43 film, the highlights are Jimmy Cliff(Ivan) singing for a scene, and a couple of shoot-outs and a fight. Probably 15 minutes or so. The rest is pretty boring. BTW, near the beginning of the film, there are some weird cuts with the Ivan character that seem like a editing mistake, which made me laugh for a bit. One reviewer said this film has been cut so many times, that there are few copies of the original 1972 theatrical version out there. The ending was kind of interesting, showing how the media from a young age influences people, it could also be a general comment on the white man's/colonialism's influence on Jamaica. Other main themes are poverty, corruption, church, ambition... In closing, the soundtrack is definitely worthwhile, the film much less.

cykolinks The film follows Ivan, a young country boy with dreams of making a reggae song that will change his life. However, soon after arriving in the city he realises that finding a job and getting himself noticed as a singer will not be easy. After making his song, and being taken advantage of by his record company he is forced to deal drugs to survive, despite his growing popularity.Although the acting is all good, and the story is interesting and well laid out, the film suffers slightly from over dramatised action scenes. However, a thoroughly enjoyable portrayal of 70's Jamaica, and (if you enjoy reggae) an incredible soundtrack.