Jean toomer
Superstar
OG version is definitely a much more psychological thriller. Very intense. This was enjoyable entertainment. Jeffrey wright steals the movie. I think he’s the finest character actor in America.
7/10.
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7/10.
I was excited about the movie until I saw the trailer. I am kinda disappointed because it's a kidnapping movie and a remake. Where you have to pay the ransom. I expected something different and original but not this. Also, Spike Lee fell off as he lost his taste and art where Spike Lee experienced a decline in the quality of his work later in his career and later films haven't lived up to the promise shown in earlier works.
Still gonna watch soon
Still gonna watch soon
JealousOnesEn_V
HTX Certified
I was really looking forward to this but it did not deliver imo. I definitely have more complaints than compliments.
choc_cardigan
Squad
I'm just waiting for the screenshots of ice spice. I messed up by watching the OG version before this came out and I want no parts 
Torrential
LWO
Corny but also fun. I feel like there’s a great movie here that just wasn’t edited correctly. The score sounded like it was some stock shyt that was added on .
Black Excellence
All Star
6.5/10
I enjoyed it for what it was and it was entertaining as hell especially in the 2nd half.
I thought it was bold as fukk to deliberately take a famous film and use it to put more eyes on the younger black generation, uplifting black women & black products.
Honestly I liked this more than Sinners.
I enjoyed it for what it was and it was entertaining as hell especially in the 2nd half.
I thought it was bold as fukk to deliberately take a famous film and use it to put more eyes on the younger black generation, uplifting black women & black products.
On the flip side maybe it was the way the movie was shot (there were parts I genuinely wondered if he ghost directing) but the product placement/black empowerment felt too on the nose.
Blackkklansman, Do the Right Thing and Bamboozled in comparison executed blackness where it felt essential to the story & utilized good visual storytelling vs this movie being so heavy handed. It was also blatant in the writing, too predictable.
The acting outside of Denzel and Jeffrey Wright was ehh, the wife was the biggest culprit…but again this is the brilliance of this movie. Spike and Denzel took a bunch of unknown/lesser known actors and gave them a platform to showcase their talents. Some scenes like the father/son room scene was great, others where the son was solo was meh. Hell even solo scenes for Jeffrey Wright was meh like him being “detained” by the cops but that’s moreso on the script because him and Denzel had good chemistry especially the car scenes.
ASAP surprised the fukk out of me maybe that’s Denzel, but he brought depth to his character by being the disgruntled fan who just wanted acknowledgment, love. It could be looked at as playing on the black father/black son dynamic & it was really done well. Him shooting at Denzel, the back and forth raps, calling him a p*ssy ass old head, him wanting Denzel to sign him at the end but being delusional about it. Felt believable.
One last thing, whoever thought of adding that opening song as the intro to the film should be castrated. I get the intent of its a beautiful day, happy, positive then it all falls down but goddamn was that song annoying.
Blackkklansman, Do the Right Thing and Bamboozled in comparison executed blackness where it felt essential to the story & utilized good visual storytelling vs this movie being so heavy handed. It was also blatant in the writing, too predictable.
The acting outside of Denzel and Jeffrey Wright was ehh, the wife was the biggest culprit…but again this is the brilliance of this movie. Spike and Denzel took a bunch of unknown/lesser known actors and gave them a platform to showcase their talents. Some scenes like the father/son room scene was great, others where the son was solo was meh. Hell even solo scenes for Jeffrey Wright was meh like him being “detained” by the cops but that’s moreso on the script because him and Denzel had good chemistry especially the car scenes.
ASAP surprised the fukk out of me maybe that’s Denzel, but he brought depth to his character by being the disgruntled fan who just wanted acknowledgment, love. It could be looked at as playing on the black father/black son dynamic & it was really done well. Him shooting at Denzel, the back and forth raps, calling him a p*ssy ass old head, him wanting Denzel to sign him at the end but being delusional about it. Felt believable.
One last thing, whoever thought of adding that opening song as the intro to the film should be castrated. I get the intent of its a beautiful day, happy, positive then it all falls down but goddamn was that song annoying.
Honestly I liked this more than Sinners.
Torrential
LWO
he's M. Night Shyamalan over the hill hack status at this point. there were so many hack director moments in this movieThis is what I feared smh
Spike needs to fukking retire. He's consistently mediocre now
EzekelRAGE
Superstar
Damn nikkas is stupid. I'm just looking at the headline, but it's a limited release because it's an AppleTV movie. They only in theaters to be eligible for awards. If it wasnt for that this would be on streaming only.
This was good.
Felt like watching a 90’s thriller.
Spike’s style kept it from being generic.
The brehs acted well. I like how Spike gave them all a scene to showcase their acting.
The main negative was the wife. Her face doesn’t move because she has had so much work done. So the scenes when she was meant to be crying looked fake as fukk
Felt like watching a 90’s thriller.
Spike’s style kept it from being generic.
The brehs acted well. I like how Spike gave them all a scene to showcase their acting.
The main negative was the wife. Her face doesn’t move because she has had so much work done. So the scenes when she was meant to be crying looked fake as fukk
This was good.
Felt like watching a 90’s thriller.
Spike’s style kept it from being generic.
The brehs acted well. I like how Spike gave them all a scene to showcase their acting.
The main negative was the wife. Her face doesn’t move because she has had so much work done. So the scenes when she was meant to be crying looked fake as fukk
Honestly the acting wasn't good in this, Denzel was levels above everyone and Jeffery seemed to phone it in or wasn't given enough to work with or something. Everyone else's acting was mid to bad, I won't count the cameo/limited appearance brehs.
Just upping this to remind everyone this movie is two packs of ass.
Spike fell off and he was never really that great anyway.
Spike fell off and he was never really that great anyway.
