Detroit

john boyega and will poulter actually cooked so hard. I always forget how great actors they are until I see them in something. this movie made me wonder why we never learned about this in school. this should be educated to everyone.

Awesome in 2 hours and 23 minutes. Rated R for Strong Violence and Pervasive Language!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Technically proficient, tense, and appropriately angry. That said something is lacking. I think perhaps the movie is a bit too long and unfocused.

I wish it would have focused more on reality.

JFC.... Eye opening, hard to watch, heartbreaking. A must watch.

A dark and disturbing yet moving look into the Detroit riots of 1967. John Boyega continues to build his impressive resume with another strong performance.

I don't think I've ever been emotionally and physically disturbed as I was while watching this movie. The amount of anger that I had towards a particular demographic shocked me more than anything. It took me at least a full 24 hours to wind down from that feeling. While there is controversy surrounding the film makers, this was definitely a story to be told and behold. The acting was impeccable.

This is a frantic film with shaky camerawork and an almost constant feel of people walking on eggshells, being on their guard, waiting for the next incident to occur, to crank up the tension again. Its quite unsettling viewing, mainly as its based on a true story and it certainly made me angry at the way police officers dealt with the situation. Its undoubtable that a gross misjustice occured, to say the least. In slightly less tense scenes, music such as motown music is played or performed, which I quite enjoyed as I like that music - it also helped to accentuate the humanity which, of course, they had and I most certainly found myself feeling a mix of sadness and anger at how they were treated. I felt this film did well at keeping the viewer feeling tense and gripped for the duration - the jerky/shaky camerawork also added to a feeling of disorientation and certainly its made clear that those who were caught up in the events, whether purely accidentally in the middle of riots, in houses targeted by the police or otherwise, were given no dispensation. The acting was quite solid and I thought it seemed a well made film, giving people an insight into a truly dark moment in American police history - a clear example of abuse of power. The film is directed by Oscar winning director Kathryn Bigelow, of 'The Hurt Locker' and 'Zero Dark Thirty' fame and I'd say this is certainly as good as those films. A solid watch, if a disturbing one due to the plot and themes, I'd say this is worth a watch.

An unforgettable movie, all the more impactful because it really happened. My only minor criticism is that the trial portion of the movie is rather hurried. I realize that making it more detailed would have added half an hour to an already long film. Perhaps filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow could have shortened the introductory part of the film concerning the Detroit riots, and then she could have added more about the trial. The verdict, after all, is one of the most outrageous in American history. Regardless of that shortcoming, this is still one of the best films of 2017. If you're not crying at the end, you have no heart.

Everything looks real - and lots of chaos - but it doesn't feel real. It's a tough row to hoe but you can't have a hyper-real environment, based on real events, and mix it with directing and acting that feels stagey. For one thing (I'm from Detroit and) I didn't hear a single cop with that distinctive Detroit accent.