Review of Fruitvale Station (2013) by Crusader . — 27 Jan 2014

Based on a true story (which I don't know all the facts of), but if the film is even remotely accurate, it is a crying shame that a California transit police officer (who happens to be white) shoots and kills a passenger (who happens to be black) at point-blank rang in the back and only serves 11 months behind bars when a jury finds him guilty of involuntary manslaughter.

This film focuses on the life of Oscar Grant (which is fine), but I would have liked it to be 30 minutes longer and had some of the legal proceedings included to put more prospective to the story.

Not a fault of the filmmaker (as they were only being realistic), but the dialogue is very difficult for me to understand, so there were times I had to turn on the subtitles so I could understand the lingo.