Impressive but a bit too far gone

Rating: 8/10 (21 May 2017)

This is a film that speaks for the black, very obviously. Basically all white people are bad and all black people are victims, and the line between the black and the white are drawn as clear as that between the Capulets and the Montagues. As a horror film, it indeed is horrifying, with the ambiance. The unnecessarily particular attention that everyone gives Chris creates an atmosphere like being stared by a million pairs of eyes. People smile, but weirdly. Blood and deaths appear in the end, but the horror starts from the beginning. This is why I give an 8. But I'm not rating more than 8, because the point is overstated. I doubt if a black person will feel really good after watching it. As a foreigner of another race in Paris, I know the extra attention native people pay to us, but that doesn't mean they are all evil. It's a dramatic way of underlining the point of the film, I understand that, but think about it: When all white people are portrayed like this, isn't it racist as well? A hate towards the white? For me, this film is all brilliant until the moment when Rose refuses to give the key to Chris. From there on, it's gone way too far. Of course, the scenes after that add on greatly to the horror, but this part of horror is not the same kind. It's no longer the horror of seeing how hypocritical the so-called non-racists are. It's more the horror of learning how much humans can hate each other just because they are not the same sub-species. A film that fights against racism is supposed to seek for peace and harmony among all races, not to stand with one race and attack another. All in all, it's still a very impressive work, and what Jordan Peele genuinely wants to convey is truly deep.