Review of Chi-Raq (2015) by Hendrikchipman — 05 Jan 2016

An hour into this movie, I wanted it to stop. This movie goes for too long. They should have made this movie 1 hour long rather than 2 hours. My partner debunked this movie in 2 seconds. She said "boycotting sex would not work because the men would just find new partners". Yet, Spike Lee made a 2 hour movie about something that could easily be debunked in 2 seconds. This movie was also a Hollywood//leftie propaganda piece. John Cusak came off as an anti-gun nutter. There was one scene where John was preaching against gun violence on the pulpit. I can think of no better analogy to describe this movie. It was about a bunch of privileged Hollywood actors preaching about gun violence. No one likes to preached at.

I also didn't like the content of this story. The women withheld sex from the men to stop gun violence. Leave aside the fact that this would not work, why didn't the women just dob their partners in? If the men were murdering people (including children), a lack of sex does not seem like a fitting punishment. And, if these men were gang members and were killing children, wouldn't there be a risk of rape if the women withheld sex? I guess Spike Lee didn't think of this.

I feel like I need to respond to the propaganda presented in this movie. (1) Spike Lee introduced the movie by comparing the deaths in the Iraq war to murders in Chicago. As a statistics graduate, I suggest Spike Lee compare all of the murders in Iraq during this period and include Iraqi deaths to get a better comparison between the two areas. (2) Spike Lee can criticize the South all he wants but he cannot deny that Texas has a better track record than Chicago regarding gun violence.

All in all, a waste of time, to be preached at by a bunch of privileged actors. Also, why was John Cusak the head of an all black church? That doesn't make sense. Oh, and I couldn't understand a word Samuel Jackson or John Cusak said. This is what I heard: "blah blah blah leftie nonsense blah blah blah guns are bad blah blah blah something racist blah blah blah blah". In summary, I wouldn't even recommend pirating this movie.