Bludgeoned by THE MESSAGE

Rating: 2/10 (17 June 2020)

OK, cards on the table, I'm a middle class white male in my 40s living in London. I don't profess to fully understand 'the black experience' but i'm educated and empathetic enough to at least appreciate the countless misdeeds done to black people over the course of centuries and for which 'justice' (whatever that actually encompasses) has yet to be realised. Anyone with a heart and a brain would be horrified by the murder of George Floyd and many others that have died in similar ways at the hands of the authorities.
However, I have now read a number of reviews from respected film critics praising this film and lauding the director and can only conclude that they either haven't watched it or are so terrified of being called a racist and publicly shamed online that they feel pressured to kowtow to the mob.
Let me be clear then - this is a poorly written film with a derisory plot,. It is far too long and is so lacking in subtlety that it feels like you are being hit over the head every few minutes with THE MESSAGE (that black people have suffered countless injustices).
We know that Spike and trying to shoehorn this in at every (in)conceivable juncture is just tedious,
Finally, (SPOILER ALERT) can anyone explain to me why the Vietnamese gangsters near the end of the film wish to make a deal for the gold in exchange for the landmine chap when they are pointing AK47s at 'da bloods'? I give it an extra star for that for making me laugh out loud!