BlacKkKlansman is a tremendous movie with a masterfully written script and a tremendous cast. Like any of Spike Lee's work, I have to admire how bold the whole movie was in telling this story, it was a very honest portrayal of the actions of the Ku Klux Klan back in the 1970s, as well as including a very clever, intricate way of showing how these past events mirror recent occurrings, suggesting America may have taken a step backwards.
A fascinating true story that I never knew about, we follow Ron Stallworth, played brilliantly by John David Washington, as he joins the police force and poses as a white man over the telephone in order to make connections with the KKK, with the intentions of investigating their actions. The scenes that ensue between Adam Driver's character, who poses as Ron's white persona in order to meet face to face with the members, are massively intense as we fear they could be caught at any moment.
The film is daring, bold, features phenomenal performances all around, including a very unexpected turn by Topher Grace as founder David Duke, and is also, strangely enough, quite fun, it was never afraid to play with its premise and I found myself laughing quite a bit.
Intense and consistently entertaining. Not for the faint of heart due to its heavy subject matter, that being said, BlacKkKlansman is a film I would recommend to all movie buffs.
A true story that follows an African American police officer who poses as a white man in order to infiltrate the KKK.
Best Performance: John David Washington
A fascinating true story that I never knew about, we follow Ron Stallworth, played brilliantly by John David Washington, as he joins the police force and poses as a white man over the telephone in order to make connections with the KKK, with the intentions of investigating their actions. The scenes that ensue between Adam Driver's character, who poses as Ron's white persona in order to meet face to face with the members, are massively intense as we fear they could be caught at any moment.
The film is daring, bold, features phenomenal performances all around, including a very unexpected turn by Topher Grace as founder David Duke, and is also, strangely enough, quite fun, it was never afraid to play with its premise and I found myself laughing quite a bit.
Intense and consistently entertaining. Not for the faint of heart due to its heavy subject matter, that being said, BlacKkKlansman is a film I would recommend to all movie buffs.
A true story that follows an African American police officer who poses as a white man in order to infiltrate the KKK.
Best Performance: John David Washington