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Feb 15, 2024THSlone rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Sad to say, this is INCREDIBLY relevant in this day and age, despite having been made a while ago. Spike Lee did an incredible job bringing this to the big screen. It's frightening realizing how hateful these people are. Hateful and…
Dec 14, 2023mrcholly rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Must see. Still relevant.
Feb 13, 2023J0kGrZw1Ld2 rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
The acting is fine but the story behind it would have been so much better had it been out in the open.
Jan 25, 2023manoletters rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
After viewing this a second time I truly learned to appreciate what a great film Spike Lee produced. The pace, the cinematography, the acting and the directing are all first-rate.
Feb 05, 2022TPage97 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
essential film for everyone capable of watching R rated material. Funny with heart, but also powerful historical commentary
Jan 07, 2022klimekk rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
very good movie we used to think - yes, Nazis were only in Germany nope, in Germany was just crazy asshole who manipulate the same "white power" culture to jis absolutely insane ideas but the only way through - as it was clear from that…
Jun 05, 2021
So glad I didn't know that the lead was Denzel s son or spike Lee directed. At one point I was so impressed with how the film struck a difficult tone of humor and when the credits rolled it made total sense. The duke character owes much to…
Mar 26, 2021M4112379 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I enjoyed this Spike Lee joint! It said it was based off a true story but I don't know anything about that. As a film it was done well all around, great acting, writing, set, it felt like that time. Consider this one it's better than your…
Feb 21, 2021VaughanPLDavidB rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I have mixed feelings on this movie. While the performances of the leads were excellent, most of the Klansmen were portrayed as cartoonishly evil. They didn't even seem like real people to me. The Adam Driver character had to pretend to…
Jan 07, 2021movie20 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A very good movie based on true events. Truth is stranger than fiction.
Nov 15, 2020
It may disturb you because it is true. More disturbing is that in the year 2020 still true millions of Americans still believe that racist crap like the Proud Boys, twist on KKK that our American President Trump supports. Odd since his…
Aug 27, 2020knighted rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I have mixed feelings about this movie . The acting is excellent. The only complaint I had was that I was hoping for more depth into the COOINTELPRO project. Instead I got some candy version of it . The movie focuses more in racism aspect…
Jul 14, 2020JDellapina1986 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I've now finally watched "Malcolm X" and now this brilliant Spike Lee film. This movie is made more disturbing by the 2016, 2017 and 2020 protests... how much Black Lives Matter and the destructive sad ways of the KKK. The final few…
May 03, 2020Shelf_Absorbed rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I found this movie scary, realistic, funny, satirical, and seriously thought provoking. I would easily recommend it to friends. I hope to read the book someday.
Mar 09, 2020ReaganLam rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Fantastic and superb movie! Based on a true story, it was enlightening to see how the group works & how a black police officer was able to infiltrate it in the '70s. The actors/actresses did a great job with the characters that they…
Sep 04, 2019pateckhardt rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
couldn't really watch past the first 20 minutes- relying too heavily on stereotypes, funny one but stereotypes just the same
Aug 23, 201910derly rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A decent satire based on true events. There are just so many possibilities available here, it seems a bit like a missed opportunity. Good, but a bit too simple. Good performances with standouts being Jasper Paakkonen and an unexpectedly…
Aug 22, 2019LPL_TriciaK rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Wow! All the buzz about this film is deserved - suspenseful, funny, but devastating in its depiction of racism in the 70s and its continued plague on our country. I revelled in the the joy of the Soul-Train-dance line in the club scene…
Aug 05, 2019mustang351c rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
This was marketed as a comedy. It's actually a hastily and poorly written drama with a couple of attempts at satire. It plays on racial stereotypes and bad history and ends up becoming the very thing that it attempts to critique. A low…
Jul 25, 2019INVS rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
There was so much to like in this Spike Lee adaptation. On the other hand, I kind of wish it followed the book more so those who haven't read it don't understand where Lee took liberties, however, Stallworth does not seem to mind the…
Jul 17, 2019bansidthe rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A very good movie that, sadly,is still relevant today.
Jul 11, 2019gurujr rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Spike Lee really got his jabs in on the current White House administration. Most of the movie was about Colorado's first black police officer, Ron Stallworth, but Spike spiked his movie with the thought of who would vote for a racist and…
Jun 30, 2019publicenemy50 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I surprised how much I like this movie. The scene in bar when they started dancing was my favorite scene.
Jun 28, 2019akirakato rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Directed by Spike Lee in 2018 based on the 2014 memoir by Ron Stallworth, this American docudrama follows the first African-American detective in the city's police department as he sets out to infiltrate and expose the local Ku Klux Klan…
Jun 26, 2019Lovestoread5 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I was hoping the movie would be better than the book. It wasn't. No suspense, not tension, no action... boring. I skipped through a lot of dancing-scenes, and good ol' boys sitting around with guns-scenes to the end. Disappointing.