White Man’s Burden. I don’t remember exactly why it was so bad, I just remember thinking it’s by far the worst movie I’d ever seen.
In an alternate universe, successful African-Americans live in gated communities, while impoverished Caucasians populate crime-ridden inner-city ghettos. When African-American mogul Thaddeus Thomas (Harry Belafonte) wrongly accuses Caucasian Louis Pinnock (John Travolta) of being a Peeping Tom, Pinnock loses his job and watches as his family falls apart. In a desperate attempt to repair his life, Pinnock takes Thomas hostage and demands reinstatement at the factory where he once worked.
My wife was out of town so I took the kids to see it. Holy fucking hell, I can watch just about anything, but being trapped in a theater made this tantamount to cruel and unusual punishment. Walking out after the movie, most all the parents had the same 1,000 yard stare.