Spike Lee's sermon on gun violence in Chicago and in black America, Chi-Raq, did not work for me. The tone of the film is off. It plays like a musical with so many dance and rap scenes, but there isn't a believable character in the extensive ensemble cast. Also, the use of the Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes should give the script a timeless quality but it does not succeed because the actors' lines are ripped from recent headlines. It is a very topical play.
After the death of a child by a stray bullet, the women in the hood begin a revolution of sorts by denying sex to the men until Peace breaks out.
Dick jokes are funny in moderation. Two hours of rhymes about poles and holes becomes tedious in the extreme.
A dreadful script, confused direction, mediocre cinematography.
After the death of a child by a stray bullet, the women in the hood begin a revolution of sorts by denying sex to the men until Peace breaks out.
Dick jokes are funny in moderation. Two hours of rhymes about poles and holes becomes tedious in the extreme.
A dreadful script, confused direction, mediocre cinematography.