"The Right film for the Black Lives Matter movement"

Rating: 7/10 (14 June 2020)

I really enjoyed this movie. Say what you want but I don't think that there is a more relevant film to what is happening to our world today and what has been happening for a long time. I have to give Spike Lee credit for making a movie that is definitely not a crowd-pleaser. Many people will be put off by the heavy-handed imagery and symbolism, but if you can get past that, you might enjoy this movie. The actors were great. Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, and Isaiah Whitlock Jr. played off each other beautifully. They had great chemistry and I truly believed that they were brothers that went through some tough deal in the war. Chadwick Boseman was great but he isn't a big character as much as he is a big presence and device that moves the story forward. The marketing team really made a disservice to the story that is really the driving force of this movie. The music was good, the cinematography was excellent and very unique with the whole changing ratio according to the time period thing. The editing is weird at times but I got over that rather quickly since I was so interested in what was happening. The CGI is straight-up bad and it's even worse considering that Spike has the authority and probably the budget to make practical blood squibs. The green screen is very noticeable at times but still, I ignored it in tried to enjoy myself. Still, I found myself predicting many of the events in the films a long time before they happened. I am going to give it a 7/10 because I did find many flaws and the plot got kind of predictable at times. There were some heavy-handed symbolism and an exposition scene that I dreaded. I will still recommend it to anyone that asks me about the film.