Review of Detroit (2017) by Dougk — 03 Aug 2017

Bigelow is an excellent director and this is an important story but it lacks balance. The Algiers Motel story is important but should not dominate the film as much as it does. There should be more about what led to the riots and about the riots themselves, all aspects of them -- what the rioters did and what the police and national guard and authorities did.

It is a large story and there were other riots in other cities with similar situations. By focusing so much on one incident, the whole picture is not elucidated. The Algiers Motel is more than the story of a few very bad cops but it is not the story of the Detroit Riots or the story of race in America.

It is only a part of those stories. We need to solve our problems of race and to deal with all aspects of the problems.