Review of Detroit (2017) by Netflic — 06 Aug 2017
This is the latest movie from Kathryn Bigelow, the director who made "Hurt Locker", one of my most favorite movies.
50 years ago, in 1967 there were infamous riots in Detroit, and this movie is about one of the most tragic episodes of those riots, torture and killing of 3 black people at Algiers Motel by Detroit police.
Even though there were several court cases based on investigations of that event, some details are still vague and sketchy. This movie is Bigelov's vision of what happened there in 1967. It is not as much a docu-drama as a dramatization with some fictitious characters.
The movie is hard to watch: it is very intense and brutal. Some even consider it a horror movie. Parts of it truly belong to that category.
I liked the film's cinematography and acting. What I did not like about the movie is that it was too long, almost two and a half hours, and at times it felt dull.
Also, having lived through Los Angeles riots in 1992, I would attest that the movie is somewhat simplistic, uses a brush too wide and avoids important nuances.
Even though in my opinion it is not the best Bigelov's movie, it deserves to be seen and discussed.
This review of Detroit (2017) was written by Netflic on 06 Aug 2017.
Detroit has generally received positive reviews.
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