Courtroom dramas are not really my thing, if they were his would easily have been a 4/5. The main character has a great redemptive arc that got me emotionally invested in his journey from irresponsible buffoon to upstanding guy fighting for justice.
This film is based. Recommended.
I really like the production design and stunning visuals in this one, but unfortunately the feature is marred by some glaring plot holes and the fact that John David Washington, unlike his old man, just does NOT have the acting chops to be a leading man - and if you think otherwise, you should sit down and have a long, hard think about how you can unfuck yourself and regain some much needed perspective and dignity in the dumpster fire that is your life.
Crash is one of those films revered by certain cinephiles that supposedly has a "cult following" and I had been wanting to check this out for years, first of all because it's a Cronenberg flick and I'm into most of what I've seen of his work, so far. Also, in my little world he has a special status because Sublett, the partner of Berry Rydell, Tennessean rent-a-cop and protagonist of Virtual Light (first novel in the Bridge Trilogy by William…
Childishly cruel revenge fantasy that glorifies the act of committing sadistic war crimes, dehumanizing the victims with the same black-or-white logic found in fascist ideology.
Disgusting.
