Boring, unintelligent horror.

Rating: 1/10 (11 March 2019)

I saw the movie after the rave reviews it was getting online. A nearly 8 IMDB rating on a horror movie which has the portrayal of racism as its key theme doesn't happen often. As a horror movie fan, I knew that I couldn't miss this. However, it turned out to be a major disappointment.
I found it very difficult to watch this movie after the first 30 minutes. I already knew what was going to happen and the movie takes no pains to move away from cookie cutter horror tropes. The scene in which Rod reports to the police that Chris was missing was so cringe-worthy that I had to open my phone in order to pretend that I was not watching/ hearing this. This happened several times during the movie and was the only way I could get through the movie. But seriously, do you expect police officers to laugh at you when you file a missing person complaint without verifying any details? seriously?
I don't remember being scared for a single moment in the movie - and I am quite willing to get scared while watching movies. The ending is as expected - the man gets his revenge and kills the entire family.
Aside from its reasonably decent storyline of a black man in the process of being subjugated by white people, the movie had few things to offer. Some of the dialogues such as the white men talking about Tiger Woods, Obama etc were good but they are few and far between. I don't think this movie is going to stand the test of time.