Union Bound

I don't know how this film is receiving high star reviews. It's extremely boring, the acting is stiff and uninteresting. Union soldiers in dire staits needing to escape imprisonment, resorting to extreme measures to do so, would not be so clean looking. That southern bell who encountered them and offered them food is full of botox and plastic surgery, not to mention her southern accent and speech are very off-putting. All the high reviews of this film have to be from people who were involved with its production.

source: Union Bound

Dreadful. Low budget does not per se mean a bad film, so there is no excuse. Turgid dialogue and poor direction. The actors are pretty good to be fair. The music is decent and the actors made a fist of it. But whoever wrote it should maybe find another career. Also the director is culpable.

I found viewing this movie an enjoyable experience and liked the personal story aspect of one man's trials during the Civil War unfolded. It is not a typical battlefield portrayed in the usual war movie. Instead, this film focused on how people were challenged and chose to deal with issues during this difficult period of time in our country's history. While all the actors did a credible portrayal of characters, Tank Jones provided an amazing and emotional portrayal of the slave. The costuming was very authentic for the period and the cinematography was wonderful. Kudos to the writer, director, producers and crew for portraying Joseph Hoover's diary in such an authentic way.