Good

Rating: 7/10 (23 August 2014)

The setup: Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.
The verdict: This is another level of film. I can watch this film over and over again. All through the movie, there are moments where you fear that its makers are going to settle for the cliché, but you know what? They never do. This is a story about a place most people might not be able to conceive. All the characters struggle against a system that has perpetuated falsehoods. It's not the thing to see if you're in the mood for something uplifting, or something with tons of thrills and action, but it is solid.