The good old undercover narrative device

Rating: 6/10 (9 January 2019)

No one can´t deny the relevance of the true story. The struggles and adversities of the afroamerican people have been resepresented in films various times. While many have show profundity and intense pasions in the plot others were made for the sole purpose of entertainment. I dont see anything but enterteinment here.
So a black man in joins the police in a time of great racial conflict and infiltrates the KKK (not himself but another detective using his name). The good old undercover narrative device. i´ve seen the exact story various times: the romantic relation of the main character, the dynamic in the grup the inflitator is in, the conflicts between characters, etc.
the clan or "the organisation" at any point seems threatening, just a bunch of red neck hanging out. And although the perfomances are enjoyable, no actor tried to individualized their characters. Thus making an average movie too long for his own sake.
I think this movie could have been something 20 years ago. Now it just looks trite