Brightness, otherwise known as Yeelen, is a movie, that explores themes and ideas that it doesn't seem westerners would really put into a movie, or make a movie in a way that would appeal to our senses. It does lull in a lot of spots though, and I think gets lost from it's ultimate goal, but there is still something that pulled me in enough to get my attention, and keep me there till the end of the movie. It isn't a movie with a perfect lead character out to get the bad guy, but instead broken individuals seeming to try to keep things from getting worse.
Summary: Niankoro is a young man who is very special, because he has magical powers. He tries to use those powers for good, but as a human he does sometimes weave bad places for himself. His mother knows though that he is in danger because his father, who abandoned him when he was little, is returning and wants to kill him. She sends him away to find his uncle to ask for help against his father who has strong sorcerer powers.
