Compelling and all too relevant historical account of the 1967 race riots in the US

Rating: 9/10 (6 August 2017)

DETROIT (2017) *** 1/2 John Boyega, Will Poulter, Algee Smith, Jacob Latimore, Jason Mitchell, Hannah Murray, Jack Reynor, Katilyn Dever, Ben O'Toole, John Krasinski, Anthony Mackie, Nathan Davis Jr. Compelling and all too relevant historical account of the 1967 race riots in the US, namely in the inferno of the titular city where one hellacious night became a nightmare for a small group of hoteliers caught up in madness involving the local police and the Michigan National Guard resulting in the murder of three young men. Filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow give it her all in vividly recalling the era's look, feel and eliciting some truly incredible performances from her relatively-unknown young cast running the gamut of emotions and turmoil amidst the heated strife between the ensuing chaos and inner hatred exploding on the city's streets to no end in sight. Screenwriter Mark Boal's difficult chore of balancing fact from fiction finds the right chord with well-developed characters and plotting as the endless evening unravels.