Review of BlacKkKlansman (2018) by Rebecca31 — 01 Sep 2018

"Based on some fo' real, fo' real **** although the story of Ron Stallworth has taken some creative liberties it's a powerful and very topical film that will certainly get a reaction from you.

Directed by Spike Lee and set in the early 70s. Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) is the first African-American detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department. Stallworth wastes no time and sets out to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan. With the help of Philip Zimmerman (Adam Driver) together they team up to take down the KKK. You can really feel the anger coming through this film. It shifts from comedic moments to intense drama so quickly you're laughing one minute and left in a state of stunned silence the next. The sudden tone shifts in the hands of another director may have been a disaster but Spike Lee has found the balance. Not an easy watch and the story is a little dragged out in places but it's well worth the ticket price. BlacKkKlansman shows you the racial tensions in 1970s America and asks you to compare it to present day. By the time the credits rolled you could hear a pin drop and in a nearly sold out screen in my local cinema which can normally sound a bit like a zoo when it's that busy there wasn't a sound to be heard. Some of you may not realise how rare that really is but it happens once in a blue moon so if by some chance this review hasn't convinced you to see BlacKkKlansman just go see it anyway and make up your own mind. Highly recommended.