Racist about racism

Rating: 4/10 (9 September 2018)

The first half of this film is a tight, efficient, Departed/Donnie Brasco style thriller with suspense and lighter moments. Its enthralling, watchable, has some nice directorial flourishes and a fascinating context.
By the second half, it descends into political spin, losing the thread of its suspense and dragging like hell. Its a strange point to make - by pushing the racism into extremes its almost like a distraction from the core human insecurity that leads to intolerance in the first place.