Terrifying

Rating: 9/10 (1 December 2017)

Detroit is not an easy film to watch, lots of violence and racism with certain scenes that will make you blood boil. It is a very gripping viewing experience despite the film being over 140min long. The acting from everyone involved was commendable as well.
Racism and police violence in Detroit at that time are a fact and there is no point denying that. Everything reached a boiling point with the riots. Looting and destroying public property is not the right answer, neither is the inappropriate response from the police. Detroit shows a specific event during the riots. The white police officers are shown as cruel and terrible people and black people and two white girls are the victims which is absolutely correct in that case. It is important not to fall under the influence of stereotypes or generalisation when watching this. Some will say Detroit tried to show white police officers too negatively. The ones in this film rightfully deserved it. Despite some dramatisation, it is the truth. Detroit is not trying to generalise here, the race does not define whether a person is good or bad, that is within people, no matter what they do or where they come from. But in the event shown in the film, white did abuse the black, racism was present in those times and is still present today all over the world. There is no use in pretending otherwise.
I would recommend the film but see it with an open mind.