Review of Detroit (2017) by Pdw123 — 08 Aug 2017

""But what would they have done differently? What would any of us? And how do we know for certain?""---There's a salient line from the Vox review, but the main thing I took from it, as this is one film people will talk about forever afterward. It should be up for Oscars.

Other pertinent questions here right off: Why in the world would not the lead officer in this whole predicament not be suspended by his dept. right off, esp. with the Internal Affairs detective saying he will now be investigated for murder for shooting a looter with NO weapon in the back, and then bleeding out?? Why do the Algiers motel interrogees not tell the mean cop that it was a starter pistol fired by Carl, who has just deceased, but instead let the whole ordeal go on and on??

The film is a bit mind numbing in that it forces the viewer to ask more questions than it answers--- but because it's a historical recreation where all the facts still aren't known, that's to be expected to a certain extent.

The performances, production design and cinematography, are all awesome here except for one--- Krasinski as the lawyer at the end doesn't come off very well. The film starts off extremely well, involving us deeply in the time period and story, reaches a climax, but then starts to drag towards the end is my only other criticism here. Every white American should see this, talk about it, write extensive synopses on all the scenes for years to come--because this is one of those great films that will grow on folks the more it is viewed. The trolls and their negative reviews and votes here need to be ignored bigly on this one.