Manipulative

Rating: 1/10 (12 February 2012)

This movie is terrible, if you want a good drinking game take a shot every time someone mentions or says something racist. The whole movie is just written to manipulate you by pushing the issue of racism. I live in Australia and if America is actually like this with people straight out saying "damn black people" you guys have serious issues, at least TRY to be subtle.
The whole movie just pushes the issue down your throat, at times it doesn't even make sense. There is a scene where a cop see a chick giving a guy head in a guy, the headlights make the chick look white and when they pull them over she says "You just couldn't deal with a white chick giving a black dude head" or something like that, how the hell could she have known he thought she was white? Think about it. There is also a scene where a father says "Are you worried about a bullet coming through your window like at our last house?", who talks like that? Obviously she would know what that a bullet came through the window at her old house, he doesn't need to say it, it's just poor writing. Don't even get me started on the scene where that Indian dude shoots the daughter, a miracle? Use your brain Paul Haggis, so cheap.
The movie itself is not good either. The whole plot is so uninteresting it will put you to sleep. All the stories are so boring, if you want a movie with good alternate stories watch Traffic.
Don't waste your time with this movie, unless you want to be preached to and if you want that go to church so you can at least have some decent stories.
The only reason this movie gets a three is because Keith David is in it and that dude is cool. Seriously watch They Live, that movie is sick.