Something of Value (1957)

In this simplistic view of Kenya’s Mau Mau uprising, childhood friends Rock Hudson and Sidney Poitier are forced onto opposite sides of the conflict. While I love both of the actors and neither of them are bad here, the film does not make best usage of their talents nor do I think their chemistry comes together in ways to enhance the weak story. I respect that the film tries to present both sides of the rebellion, but it might have been a case of being made too soon as events were still unfolding when the film was made and in modern times especially, it seems to lean a little too heavily onto the side of the colonialists.