Detroit Film Review

Rating: 9/10 (31 August 2017)

The new crime drama film Detroit based on true events that took place in The Motor City Detroit, Michigan in the summer of 1967 starring John Boyega, Will Poulter, Anthony Mackie, John Krasinski.
In Detroit amidst the chaos of the Detroit Rebellion, with the city under curfew and as the Michigan National Guard patrolled the streets, three young African American men were murdered at the Algiers Motel. From the Academy Award® winning director of THE HURT LOCKER and ZERO DARK THIRTY, DETROIT tells the gripping story of one of the darkest moments during the civil unrest that rocked Detroit in the summer of '67.
The cast in Detroit includes English actor John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Attack The Block) as security guard Dismukes, English actor Will Poulter (We're The Millers, The Maze Runner) as racist dirty cop Krauss, American actor Anthony Mackie (Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Captain America films) as Greene, American actor John Krasinski (13 Hours, Jarhead and who is married to English actress Emily Blunt in real life) as Attorney Auerbach, Algee Smith (Earth To Echo, Barely Lethal) as Larry, American actor Jacob Latimore (The Maze Runner, Ride Along) as Fred, American actor Jason Mitchell (Straight Outta Compton, Contraband) as Carl, English actress Hannah Murray (TV Series Game Of Thrones, UK TV Series Skins) as Julie, American actor Jack Reynor (Macbeth 2015, Free Fire) as Demens, American actor Kaitlyn Dever (Bad Teacher, Men, Women & Children) as Karen, Ben O'Toole (Hacksaw Ridge, The Water Diviner) as Flynn, American actor Nathan Davis Jr. as Aubrey, Peyton 'Alex' Smith as Lee, American actor Malcolm David Kelley (US TV Series Lost, You Got Served) as Michael, Joseph David-Jones (Allegiant, US TV Series Nashville) as Morris, American actor Laz Alonso (Fast & Furious, Jarhead) as Conyers, Ephraim Sykes (US TV Series Vinyl, Leave It On The Floor) as Jimmy, American actor Leon Thomas III (August Rush, Runaway Island) as Darryl, American actor Gbenga Akinnagbe (Independence Day: Resurgence, Knucklehead) as Aubrey Pollard Sr., Chris Chalk (US TV Series Gotham, 12 Years A Slave) as Officer Frank, Jeremy Strong (Lincoln, Selma) as Attorney Lang, Austin Hébert (Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, The Answer) as Warrant Officer Roberts, Miguel Pimentel as Malcolm, Samira Wiley (US TV Series Orange Is The New Black, Rob The Mob) as Vanessa, American actor Tyler James Williams (TV Series Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, US TV Series The Walking Dead) as Leon, Mason Alban as Police Sergeant James, American actor Bennett Deady as Police Officer Bill, Tokunbo Joshua Olumide as Dave, Benz Veal (In Your Eyes) as Nate Conyers, Dennis Staroselsky (Rubberneck, US TV Series Madam Secretary) as Detective Jones, American actor Darren Goldstein (Limitless, US TV Series The Affair) as Detective Tanchuck, Karen Pittman (US TV Series Luke Cage, The Rewrite) as Dismukes' Mother, Zurin Villanueva as Martha, Eddie Troy as Police Officer Paul, Joey Lawyer as National Guardsman Mike, Will Bouvier (Black Rock) as National Guardsman Matthew, Morgan Rae as Linda Tucker, David A. Flannery as Police Officer David, Timothy John Smith (The Equalizer 2014, Central Intelligence) as Foreman Pete, Kris Sidberry as Roberta Pollard, Lizan Mitchell (The Human Strain, The Final Patient) as Ma Pollard, American actor Chris Coy (Deliver Us From Evil, The Barber) as Detective Thomas, Ato Blankson-Wood (It's Kind Of A Funny Story) as Eddie, American actor Glenn Fitzgerald (The Sixth Sense, Buffalo Soldiers) as Homicide Detective Anderson, American actor Henry Frost III (Another Brick In The Wall, Pink Heat) as George and American actor Frank Wood (Gold, Thirteen Days) as Judge Demascio.
Filming locations in Detroit includes cities and US States like The Motor City Detroit, Michigan, Mason, Michigan, Boston, Dorchester, Lynn, Lawrence, Brockton all in Massachusetts, USA.
Overall Detroit is a really good crime drama film filled with violence, racial tension between black and white people, hard hitting scenes that are hard to watch at times, police, dirty racial cops, judges, court rooms, trials, police interviews with suspects, guns, shooting, music, music shows, singing, choirs, fire, weapons, things and places getting wrecked, destroyed, blown up, explosions, scenes that will make you say wow and oh my god in shock and horror, swearing, actual 60's TV footage of the news and other things, corruption, name callings that are quite rude and offensive, survival, on the edge of your seat stuff, great performances from John Boyega and Will Poulter as their characters and many other things throughout the film.
So I will give Detroit an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars and Detroit is well worth seeing if you like drama films based on true events like Selma, 12 Years A Slave, JFK, Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, Spotlight, A United Kingdom, Lincoln, Ray, Get On Up: The James Brown Story, Trumbo amongst others.
So if you get the chance to see Detroit in the cinema then you should go and see it sooner than later.