Dead Man Walking (1995)

Dead man walking is a thoughtful take on capital punishment and the death penalty. It is the story of Matthew Poncelot, a man awaiting the lethal injection with the involvement of sister Prejean, who is the moral compass who finds herself questioning the pros of the punishment he is facing. Throughout the film she meets the victims families and sees the emotional pain they have suffered whilst questioning the morality of what shes involved in. Its funny to see a young Jack Black in this as Sean Penns brother, you wouldnt imagine him in a film such as that which is interesting. Director Tim Robbins does well at creating the question to the audience as to whether he deserved to be killed, which for sure the man is far from a saint as the viewer will discover but the ideal of empathy plays a strong part of this. Its a strongly crafted film, with an emotional finish with great performances by Sarandon and Penn