Details Director Steve McQueen Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor Michael Fassbender Benedict Cumberbatch Brad Pitt Paul Dano Writer John Ridley Length 134 minutes Plot Freeman Solomon Northup is lured to Washington in 1841 and awakens one morning in chains. He is sold into slavery on a plantation in the south and these are the hardships he endured. - SPOILERS FOLLOW- Steve McQueen's Oscar winning third feature 12 Years a Slave puts a spotlight on the true story of Solomon Northup, a free-born African American who was captured and placed into slavery for over a decade and the horrors he endured. This film is harrowing and intense, and worthy of the numerous accolades that have been showered upon it. McQueen's direction is strong (with one glaring exception), despite the atrocities taking place the scenery is stunning and every actor is working their hardest. At the same time the plots razor thin, the soundtracks incongruous and at its worse its...