Review of Black Box (2020) by Viroodiem — 18 Oct 2020
3.75/10.
One word: Derivative. Long review: Black Box is well enough made and acted but ultimately its a very bland idea cobbled together from tired and well worn tropes seen in films and TV over the last quarter century. Sadly what that3.75/10.
One word: Derivative.
Long review: Black Box is well enough made and acted but ultimately its a very bland idea cobbled together from tired and well worn tropes seen in films and TV over the last quarter century.
Sadly what that means is that the only real contribution this actually makes is a politicized one due to its almost exclusively black cast. While it was good to see someone like Phylicia Rashad in a starring role after so long and the production doing a very good job of otherwise NOT making a "black" film all about race, the idea of lumping black actors into one production is just as detrimental to diversity. It illustrates how SJW culture is actually bigoted, racist and intolerant of anything not complying with its cult psuedo religion around it.
The film is pretty well average and kind of boring. I enjoy a slow burn as much as anyone but I had to watch the entire thing at 1.30x speed and even then it took 12 hours to watch a 90 minute movie from getting repeatedly bored, doing something else, then forcing myself to come back to it. That is a fatal flaw in a film or any form of entertainment. If it can not keep its audience captivated it is not serving its purpose. That cost this 1.75 points imho. Otherwise it would have been a 5 on its own merit.
This review of Black Box (2020) was written by Viroodiem on 18 Oct 2020.
Black Box has generally received positive reviews.
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