A well worth watch of historical drama-comedy

Rating: 9/10 (14 August 2018)

BlacKkKlansman stars John David Washington and Adam Driver as it follows the first black police officer in Colorado Springs as he develops an investigation against the KKK and his suspicion on a possible attack they are about to commit. With having Washington coordinating on the phone with the klansmen and Driver meeting them in person to form one person.
This movie I actually have been excited for as I am a fan of Spike Lee and his 'based on true story' films. I loved Malcolm X from him, which ironically had John David Washington in it along side his dad Denzel Washington. And this movie lived up to every expectation I had for it. Spike Lee has always had an interesting way of approaching a topic especially one of controversy like this one. I feel like if any other director took on this film it would come off as being very one sided or even racist. But Lee found that perfect balance with it's amazing visuals and tight dialogue.
Going to writing, this is one of Lee's best written scripts to date. The dialogue is both funny and meaningful to show the characters extremely well and how these two detectives are having to change their own beliefs and the way they talk to fit best with the people they're undercover as. Especially some of the scenes, I was laughing out loud in the theater and enjoying every bit of it. One scene towards the end in particular had me laughing and in shock all at once.
The acting was once again amazing for Lee. Washington did an amazing job for his breakout role on the big screen as Ron Stallworth. He's hilarious and nobel for taking a role that could have been so racist or interpreted as anything but positive. Driver as well gave once again another amazing performance, possible Oscar worthy. And with him coming from an earlier career of R rated comedies, this type of racist jokes and insults almost fit him. Alongside with his quick reactions to his own lines and his pauses and stutters and with him almost fake acting throughout it makes this film feel so real and grounded all at once. Even some of the other cast members like Alec Baldwin, Robert John Burke, Brian Taratina, and Ryan Eggold. Even Topher Grace as David Duke all fit and were both funny and realistic and shockingly portrayed the characters extremely well based on real footage and documents of the real life people.
This film won't be for everyone. They will find it useless or racist or another film to show how bad 'whites' are. But I found this film very enjoyable and entertaining and gave a unique history on our country and what negative things that went on during that time and how it wasn't just a one sided story like what they portray in school or even on documentaries.
BlacKkKlansman gets a 9.75/10