At the center of "The Hurricane's" impassioned true story is the towering performance by Denzel Washington. Cast as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the middleweight boxing champion who was imprisoned for 19 years for murders he didn't commit, the actor electrifies and raises the game of the entire project.
Norman Jewison, the director of light '90s fare such as "January Man" and "Only You," returns to the explosive, socially conscious filmmaking that brought him acclaim, such as with the classic "In… 
