Review of BlacKkKlansman (2018) by Yorkman — 06 Feb 2019
Very entertaining movie which, as I'm an Englishman, I was able to probably laugh even louder at the obvious pseudo-political rhetoric.
As a story, it's exceptionally implausible... To the point where the 'based on a true events' cliché is only there to imply how utterly stupid the local 'Chapter' of the KKK were when director Spike Lee turns up the social satire to 11.
Plot holes abound, character choices make no sense, and the narrative climax is very forced. We're then offered up several minutes of recent news footage which is there to show President Trump as a Right Wing, evil dictator who is incapable of admonishing the actions of modern Far-Right, God-bothering, White supremacists.
Overall it's an easy enough film to kick back and watch. But it's trying to hard to emulate styles and ideas other films/directors have done a lot better.
This review of BlacKkKlansman (2018) was written by Yorkman on 06 Feb 2019.
BlacKkKlansman has generally received very positive reviews.
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