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7.3/10 • 1.7K

2017-07-282h 23m

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It's time we knew

A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.

Directors
Kathryn Bigelow
Editors
Harry Yoon

Top Billed Cast

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  1. John Boyega

    John Boyega

    Melvin Dismukes

  2. Will Poulter

    Will Poulter

    Philip Krauss

  3. Anthony Mackie

    Anthony Mackie

    Greene

  4. Algee Smith

    Algee Smith

    Larry Reed

  5. Hannah Murray

    Hannah Murray

    Julie Ann

  6. Jason Mitchell

    Jason Mitchell

    Carl Cooper

  7. Malcolm David Kelley

    Malcolm David Kelley

    Michael Clark

  8. Jack Reynor

    Jack Reynor

    Demens

  9. Ben O'Toole

    Ben O'Toole

    Flynn

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r96sk

Oct 21, 2020

6/10

An important story to tell no doubt, but as a film it's a disappointment in my opinion. Of course I cared for the characters from the first second due to the obvious subject matter, but that's as far as I ever got. It's a long 143 minutes, with one scene in particularly lasting an age without really doing much; except the final act of it. A film needs to do more, if this was a documentary - even a docudrama - then fair enough but it isn't. It also wastes a pretty top notch cast. John Boyega is in this, portraying Melvin Dismukes. The amount of times he's just there standing around doing nothing is frustrating, he has a few moments where he gets to act and you can see his phenomenal talent - especially one time where you see the effect of events on Melvin - but that's about it. A waste. Similar can be said for Anthony Mackie, star of one of my favourite films in 'The Adjustment Bureau'. He plays such a minor role, you cast someone like Mackie you gotta use him more surely? Will Poulter gets most of the screen time. He's good I guess, not sure we need to see quite as much of him as we do - given his character is an open/shut case. Elsewhere, you have other familiar faces like Tyler James Williams (shoutout Noah) and John Krasinski. I don't intend to crap on this film. It's clearly well made, has great intentions and relays a notable story. I'm just disappointed with the end product, I judge films as films and 'Detroit' is rather underwhelming.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$34,000,000.00
Revenue
$23,400,000.00
Keywords
firepolice brutalitychurch choirbased on true storybeatingmurderracismchurchdetroit, michigan1960s