Chi-Raq (2015)

[CJohn]

Discuss it

[Avatree]

Only the best film of the year... shame no one seems to have bothered watching it.

[Goffe]

Overbearing and simplistic in its approach. Lee tries to raise more issues than he can handle, worse, he does so in such a heavy-handed manner by having characters emphatically preaching their views at us. The same beat, over and over again.

 

And while Chi-Raq fails to successfully and tastefully tackle all of the many complex issues it tries to raise, it does even a poorer job in coming with some sort solution/answer, at some point the movie is basically saying "just give everybody a job, sign a peace accord, hand your guns and everyone will be happy forever after.

 

the A.V. Club review express my thoughts on it very well:
"...it’s a movie where a viewer would be hard-pressed to point out anything that really works; it’s too gooey to bite as satire, and too much of a cartoon to be a sincere cri de coeur for the Second City’s metastasized gang culture...."
http://www.avclub.com/review/spike-lees-chi-raq-fumble-worth-making-229075

 

15/100