Detroit
2017 · Movie · R · 143 min · ★ 7.3 · 80% critics
During the 1967 Detroit unrest, a police raid and reports of gunfire lead authorities to detain people at a local motel. Over one harrowing night, fear, power, and prejudice collide, exposing brutal abuses and leaving lasting consequences that still echo in debates about policing and racism.
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Details
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-07-28
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 143 min
- Critic score
- 80/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (1,747 votes)
About
If you want an intense, claustrophobic true-story drama about racism and abuse of power, this may hit hard, especially if you liked Zero Dark Thirty or The Hurt Locker; Not for you if you want a lighter, comforting watch.
Pros: relentless tension; strong performances; important true-story focus | Cons: overlong middle stretch; thin character depth; uneven opening choices
Themes
- fire
- police brutality
- church choir
- based on true story
- beating
- murder
- racism
- church
- detroit, michigan
- 1960s
Cast & crew
John Boyega
as Melvin Dismukes
Will Poulter
as Philip Krauss
Anthony Mackie
as Greene
Algee Smith
as Larry Reed
Hannah Murray
as Julie Ann
Jason Mitchell
as Carl Cooper
Malcolm David Kelley
as Michael Clark
Jack Reynor
as Demens
Ben O'Toole
as Flynn
Jacob Latimore
as Fred Temple
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow