Between a 7/10 and 8/10, this is a Spike Lee film through and through. It features jarring shifts in tone and temperament. It stridently proclaims its message throughout, at times like a revival meeting seeking a call-back, at others a history lesson in verse .
This review of Chi-Raq (2015) was written by Lee M on 04 Mar 2016.
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