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Detroit

  • 20172017
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  • 2h 23m
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7.3/10
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Anthony Mackie, Will Poulter, John Boyega, and Algee Smith in Detroit (2017)
Amidst the chaos of the Detroit Rebellion, with the city under curfew and as the Michigan National Guard patrolled the streets, three young African American men were murdered at the Algiers Motel.
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Fact-based drama set during the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of rogue police officers respond to a complaint with retribution rather than justice on their minds.Fact-based drama set during the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of rogue police officers respond to a complaint with retribution rather than justice on their minds.Fact-based drama set during the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of rogue police officers respond to a complaint with retribution rather than justice on their minds.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
53K
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  • Director
    • Kathryn Bigelow
  • Writer
    • Mark Boal
  • Stars
    • John Boyega
    • Anthony Mackie
    • Algee Smith
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  • Director
    • Kathryn Bigelow
  • Writer
    • Mark Boal
  • Stars
    • John Boyega
    • Anthony Mackie
    • Algee Smith
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    • 217User reviews
    • 317Critic reviews
    • 77Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 21 nominations

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    Interrogation
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    Anthony Mackie
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    • Greeneas Greene
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    Jacob Latimore
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    Chris Chalk
    • Officer Frankas Officer Frank
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    • Police Officer Billas Police Officer Bill
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    • Trivia
      Using a style she first adopted with The Hurt Locker (2008), director Kathryn Bigelow deployed three or four cameras at a time, keeping them in constant motion around the actors. Bigelow preferred to light the entire set to give the performers more flexibility to move around. She didn't block a scene for the camera by plotting out a series of close-ups and wide shots, instead filming everything in a few takes to keep the emotions as raw as possible. "After two or three takes, I have it," she said.
    • Goofs
      The telephones in the hotel rooms and elsewhere have handsets with modular connectors and flexible cords. Phones like that weren't available nationwide until the 1970s, but they were available in Detroit in 1961.
    • Quotes

      Carl: When you're black, it's almost like having a gun pointing right at your face.

    • Crazy credits
      Before end credits: "The facts around the murders at the Algiers Motel on July 25th, 1967 were never conclusively established in a criminal proceeding. As a result, portions of this film were constructed and dramatized based on the recollections of the participants and available documents."
    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: John Boyega/Rhett & Link/Kygo & Ellie Goulding (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      (I Know) I'm Losing You
      Written by Cornelius Grant, Eddie Holland (as Edward Holland Jr.) and Norman Whitfield

      Performed by The Temptations

      Courtesy of Motown Records

      Under license from Universal Music Enteprises

    User reviews217

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    Top review
    10/10
    Great Filmmaking with a Point Of View
    Unless you believe the Black Lives Matters movement has unanimous appeal, do not expect the reviews of Kathryn Bigelow's "Detroit" to garner universal praise. By no means does this movie play it safe and, for that reason, it does not seek or expect mass appeal. I suspect that the film will unleash fierce critics of "Hollywood Liberal Bias" and generate howls from those who want to remind us that most cops really are good as well as others who are equally vocal and can't stomach seeing more non-threatening citizens brutally murdered by policemen of a different stripe.

    "Detroit" is a movie that is set in 1967 but it is a statement about the type of policing that continues to occur far too frequently in many African American communities. Just as it is not possible to talk about the recent events in Ferguson, NYC, Minneapolis,Baltimore, Chicago, Charleston, Cleveland etc., etc. without expressing a particular point of view, "Detroit" will also reveal many pf our biases as we process the portrayal of the searing events as they may have occurred at the Algiers Motel in the midst of a race riot.

    "Detroit" will also force us to talk about our preferences for films that move and disturb us over those that simply entertain and the amount of "historical accuracy" we expect to see in non- documentaries that are set in earlier times.

    Bigelow shoots the movie with an unflinching eye and her point of view is obvious. She errs on the side of the cringe worthy and outrageous when depicting evil and the actors are committed, inspired and superbly directed.

    "Detroit" is a film that is as difficult to watch as any two hour merciless tragedy involving people we know and care about and it is deeply stirring as it incites (if not assaults) our emotions. This is a stunning film but well crafted art, like our own reflections in the finest of mirrors, isn't always pretty.

    "Detroit" intends to upset, provoke and unsettle and, by that account, it is an unmitigated success.
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    • Release date
      • August 4, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Детройт
    • Filming locations
      • Detroit, Michigan, USA
    • Production companies
      • Annapurna Pictures
      • First Light Production
      • Page 1
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $34,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $16,790,139
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $350,190
      • Jul 30, 2017
    • Gross worldwide
      • $23,355,100
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 23 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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