Detroit
2017
****
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Cast: John Boyega, Will Poulter, Algee Smith, Jacob Latimore, Jason Mitchell, Hannah Murray, Kaitlyn Dever, Jack Reynor, Ben O'Toole, Anthony Mackie
In 1967, a police raid on an unlicensed club ignites citywide race riots in Detroit, which culminates in a violent and tragic confrontation between police officers and predominantly black guests at the Algiers Motel. Kathryn Bigelow's dramatisation of these harrowing real-life events is tense and gripping, but also very tough to watch. Don't expect a happy ending. Like Bigelow's two previous films, The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, it was scripted by Mark Boal. The performances are strong throughout.
