Lead actors performances are simply over the top and the film itself is challenging and moving. It manages to deal with such subjects as racism, drug abuse, loneliness; that's why the power of the movie is its being part a cop drama, part a race drama, part a women drama, all in one. The director handles complex matters without conventional images and clichés; in short a committed movie with grand - slam performances and a strong direction. Not the frequent kind of movie over the last five-ten years because the majors nowadays bet on different stories. Nevertheless Freedomland has been quite successful so far.