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This movie was shot in the 1970's, not quite the
time where Rhygin troubled the police on Jamaica.
But that doesn't matter, especially not since this
movie does more than "just" telling
Rhygin's story.
The Harder They Come gives a pretty good
insight in Jamaica during the mid 1970's, even
though the economical situation hasn't changed
much throughout the decades.
Young Jimmy Cliff enters Kingston as his mother
died, and get confronted with the high cost of
living and huge unemployment. Music, often seen as
the other way out of the ghetto, turns out to be inaccessible
for talented people due to corruption.
After a long, long attempt to basically get a
life, Jimmy Cliff becomes one of Jamaica's
legends. Rhygin, seen by one as Robin Hood and by
the other as Al Capone, was a pain in the neck for
Jamaica's police until they shot him to
death.
This great movie tells Rhygin's story, while
giving a picture of Jamaica during the 1970's.
Essential!
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