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I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Good movie but grossly overrated

The acting in this movie is really good.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

(I will try not to do just repeat other, better comments)'Detroit' paints a very dim picture of racial bias at the time and does an excellent (if drawn out at times) view of both the racial bias of the time and area of the US, but it also makes us question both law enforcement and the justice system (perhaps both should be in italics?). More to the point, it brings to mind our current climate with its widening intolerance and injustice not just at black (negro) people but anyone that is 'different from us' (white Christians).

Race tensions are running high in 1967 Detroit with the National Guard joining city and state police in trying to quell riots and looting. The sound of shots result in the police bursting into the Algiers Motel, killing one man, and subjecting a group of others (including two white girls) to an ordeal including constant imminent fear of death. Most are beaten, one of the girls is stripped, and two more men are killed. In the aftermath, three police (and an innocent black security guard) are tried for murder.Katherine Bigelow has made a dense, gripping and eye-opening drama from a an incident which actually happened, but where the details are dependent on trial transcripts and recollections. What we see on screen is representational rather than literal. This dilutes the dramatic impact a little, since you can't be confident that this is actually what happened. It does seem likely, though. It is harrowing stuff thanks to Bigelow's direction, a fine script (Mark Boal), and superb performances from all concerned, but especially young British actor Will Poulter as out-of-control cop Krauss. This young man has got better and better in everything I've seen him in, and this film must surely see him nominated for an Oscar.This is neither a short (143 minutes) nor an easy watch, but it is a film I'm glad I saw.

When I started seeing promotional material for "Detroit", I thought that it really had the chance to be something special. It is very timely in today's social/political climate, and director Kathryn Bigelow always takes such care in her films to portray the truth. While this seems to indeed be the case in "Detroit" as well, the film comes off as lacking a clear focus in terms of what it wanted to accomplish short of "showing the facts of what happened".For a basic plot summary, "Detroit" tells the story of the 1967 race riots that tore through the city of Detroit, MI. While the first half of the film looks at the riots as a whole, the second half focuses in on one specific incident where the Detroit PD roughs up a group of African American men (and two white women) in trying to find a weapon that was fired from that location. The shocking brutality and subsequent trial are all chronicled in the back half of the film.There are two things that I really wish "Detroit" would have done different:1. It almost seems to be two different movies, and I wish Bigelow would have stuck to the first one, so to speak. As I've mentioned, the first half is really gripping, showing the beginning of the riots and what they might mean for everyone. I was really "into" this movie, as it truly does parallel many similar themes and problems even today. When the film switches to the one Algiers Motel incident, however, I felt like it bogged down and never really recovered. Perhaps had the film focused on that single scene from the beginning it would not have been so jarring of a switch, but as it stands I didn't like the focus going from wide-angle to pretty strict zoom.2. I know that Bigelow likely wants to remain a-political in her filmmaking (from what I remember, a similar thing happened in "The Hurt Locker"), but I also feel like this isn't a story that can be told without taking a bit of a stand. That doesn't happen here, though, and the movie has less of an impact because of it. Instead, this is very much a "just the facts, ma'm" approach that, at nearly two and a half hours, becomes hard to get through.There is enough in "Detroit" to make it a watchable movie, as the acting performances are great and the general atmosphere of the whole piece is pretty chilling. Plus, Bigelow does a great job of subtly showing how similar race issues continue to plague black/police relationships. Basically, it does a great job of showing how the problems often remain even after the actors change.So, while not a bad movie by any stretch, "Detroit" is one that I was quite underwhelmed by. I wanted a more consistent storytelling approach and a bit more of an impactful, articulated message within it. It's worth a watch if you are interested in the type of topics it delves into, but it likely won't vault to the top of your best-of lists.

During one of the darkest nights in U.S. history in July 1967, a group of young black boys and a couple of white girls lived their worst nightmare at the Algier's motel in Detroit. The day ended up with three dead bodies lying on a bloody floor after being shot by ruthless police officers of Detroit Police Department. The DPD was by that time 90 percent white and most of them with anti-black prejuices. The Detroit riots terminated 47 lives during five obscure days of fires, looting, burglary and violent doubtful police reactions. 'Detroit' begins with the DPD intervening one of those unlicensed afterhours bars on the infamous 12th street, where a big group of black people are gathering to celebrate the safe return of two Vietnam veterans. While the police puts everyone under arrest in the back of several vans, a mob of furious neighbors starts to form, challenging the police and throwing stuff at their cars, which triggers the riot with a violent confrontation and the later burning of several business. However, Director Katheryn Bigelow, in a successful attempt to put the feet of the audience in the shoes of the innocent people of Detroit (and pretty much everywhere you can find black communities), chooses to follow Larry (played by Algee Smith), the lead singer of an uprising music band named 'The Dramatics'. After a concert is cancelled due to dangerous conditions, two of the musicians take shelter in the peaceful and chill Algiers Motel, where a safe atmosphere will keep them out of any trouble. Before that, Bigelow already makes a statement that Detroit was a city at war, and police were not giving any break to anyone who looked suspicious and/or black. That is exactly how the movie works. By hand-holding the camera most of the movie with close-up shots appearing on the frame very often, the viewer can experience what was that night like and get immersed in the challenge of being black during the civil rights movement in America, where you could get shot under 'self defense' claims that usually no one could prove anyway. This is a movie that reminds us that race has always been an issue in the American reality and that it has been closely tied to its history. There is no American history without slavery and race issues. Bigelow wants to make the viewer rethink and wonder how much have we really gone forward in terms of civil rights. How much can police brutality overpass the law and how far can 'self-defense' be believable as a reason to fire a gun to kill.