The Honoraries: Samuel L Jackson in 'Black Snake Moan'

We're celebrating each of the upcoming Honorary Oscar winners with a few pieces on their career.

by Ben Miller

Craig Brewer’s Black Snake Moan is a hard sell on paper and an even harder sell in execution.  Jackson’s Lazarus finds half-naked and half-dead sex addict Rae (Christina Ricci) on the side of the road.  He takes her back to his house to nurse her back to health.  In order to cure her sex addiction, Lazarus chains Rae to his radiator. Luckily for Brewer and the film, Jackson fully invests in the provocative material, delivering a fiery performance of angry righteousness, and one of the best star turns of his career...

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