A dramatized and fun account

Rating: 7/10 (13 October 2018)

This review contains spoilers.
Blackkklansman is a biographical movie directed by Spike Lee. The movie stars John David Washington and Adam Driver as police defectives in Colorado Springs. The two investigate the Ku Klux Klan chapter in Colorado Springs. Eventually the detectives discover a dangerous plan they must thwart.
The movie relies heavily on John David Washington as Ron Stallworth and Adam Driver as Flip Zimmerman. This is a good thing as these two leads compose a great center of the movie. I enjoyed any scene that these two actors were in. I enjoyed that both of these characters had to play Ron Stallworth for the Ku Klux Klan chapter. Adam Driver is becoming a master class actor as he is able to play many roles.
The story of Blackkklansman is engrossing. Watching the police infiltration of the Ku Klux Klan and Ron Stallworth ascending the ranks is exciting. Even the police dynamic with the real Ron Stallworth and the Colorado Springs police department is fun to watch. The movie's plot and pacing is not without problems.
The opening and closing scenes of the movie are out of place. The movie opened with Alec Baldwin playing Dr. Kennebrew Beauregard giving a bigoted speech about African Americans. The movie ends with Ron and Patrice seeing a burning cross on a distant hillside. I felt that these scenes are not necessary. The opening scene did not add anything to the movie except to set the tone that the rest of the movie already sets. This is also the same with the closing scene as the end cuts to scenes of the Charlottesville's Unite the Right rally. I feel that the movie would have been more powerful if it had ended on the burning cross. The audience could have made the connection on their own. As it stands the opening and closing scenes are too blunt and offer nothing to the movie's plot.
I would recommend Blackkklansman.
Grade: B