Technically proficient, tense, and appropriately angry. That said something is lacking. I think perhaps the movie is a bit too long and unfocused.

I wish it would have focused more on reality.

JFC.... Eye opening, hard to watch, heartbreaking. A must watch.

A dark and disturbing yet moving look into the Detroit riots of 1967. John Boyega continues to build his impressive resume with another strong performance.

I like the film. Nice.

Love the crime story and great actor

I don't think I've ever been emotionally and physically disturbed as I was while watching this movie. The amount of anger that I had towards a particular demographic shocked me more than anything. It took me at least a full 24 hours to wind down from that feeling. While there is controversy surrounding the film makers, this was definitely a story to be told and behold. The acting was impeccable.

This is a frantic film with shaky camerawork and an almost constant feel of people walking on eggshells, being on their guard, waiting for the next incident to occur, to crank up the tension again. Its quite unsettling viewing, mainly as its based on a true story and it certainly made me angry at the way police officers dealt with the situation. Its undoubtable that a gross misjustice occured, to say the least. In slightly less tense scenes, music such as motown music is played or performed, which I quite enjoyed as I like that music - it also helped to accentuate the humanity which, of course, they had and I most certainly found myself feeling a mix of sadness and anger at how they were treated. I felt this film did well at keeping the viewer feeling tense and gripped for the duration - the jerky/shaky camerawork also added to a feeling of disorientation and certainly its made clear that those who were caught up in the events, whether purely accidentally in the middle of riots, in houses targeted by the police or otherwise, were given no dispensation. The acting was quite solid and I thought it seemed a well made film, giving people an insight into a truly dark moment in American police history - a clear example of abuse of power. The film is directed by Oscar winning director Kathryn Bigelow, of 'The Hurt Locker' and 'Zero Dark Thirty' fame and I'd say this is certainly as good as those films. A solid watch, if a disturbing one due to the plot and themes, I'd say this is worth a watch.

An unforgettable movie, all the more impactful because it really happened. My only minor criticism is that the trial portion of the movie is rather hurried. I realize that making it more detailed would have added half an hour to an already long film. Perhaps filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow could have shortened the introductory part of the film concerning the Detroit riots, and then she could have added more about the trial. The verdict, after all, is one of the most outrageous in American history. Regardless of that shortcoming, this is still one of the best films of 2017. If you're not crying at the end, you have no heart.

Everything looks real - and lots of chaos - but it doesn't feel real. It's a tough row to hoe but you can't have a hyper-real environment, based on real events, and mix it with directing and acting that feels stagey. For one thing (I'm from Detroit and) I didn't hear a single cop with that distinctive Detroit accent.

I just don't find Will Poulter intimidating at all. The only character that I ever view him as was the wimpy awkward virgin kid in We're The Miller's. There are plenty of other white Nazi looking actors that could have played his character better. The police dude at the end who interviewed John Boyega looks way more white Nazi/KKK than Will Poulter. The movie was okay overall, I understand it was a true story but that's the downside of non-fiction movies, they can't embellish on the story.

Kathryn Bigelow's Detroit is much like another film from 2017, Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk, in that it places you right in the feet of the people directly at the heart of events in the film, rather than taking a more macroscopic approach. It has the bottom clenching intensity and anxiety of Bigelow's The Hurt Locker as well as some great lead performances from John Boyega and Will Poulter. The scenes at the Algiers Hotel in particular are a highpoint, with the film even managing to veer towards more horror territory. Indeed, the scariest things in media are often not those of fiction, but those rooted in cold, hard reality.

4.5/10 — "Pretty Bad"

The animated opening narrative was unnecessary as it tried to set a narrative that shouldn't need to be said in 2017, let alone 2021 when I first viewed this. After that, I didn't like the way it was shot. I felt the first hour was a complete jumbled mess without a point and kept afloat by only the recognizable faces until it comes together and tensions rise. Once the main conflict of this film concludes, the film proceeds to continue for another 30-40 minutes and it feels like it was 30-40 minutes too long, that's alot. I also felt the ending was almost as irrelevant to the core of the film as the opening. I would tell Detroiters not to be fooled, this is not a good movie and you can say what you will because I'd tell you the same thing about Ford vs Ferrari - not a good movie.

Intense, uncomfortable viewing just as a film of this subject matter should be. Hard to watch yet I couldn't take my eyes off it. The motel events are incredibly suspenseful but the only downside to the film is the end after it felt rushed.

Late to the Bigelow party. Hadn't seen The Hurt Locker or any other of her films, but will definitely check them out after this. The usage of handheld and zooms really stands out, being what she's known for, and creates a frenetic, affecting piece of cinema. Inspired by events at the Algiers Motel in 1967, Detroit attempts to present a microcosm of the racial tensions and prejudices in the United States, both past and present. Although Detroit is very much a fact-based crime drama, some of the flawed logic and ridiculous actions of the antagonists transform proceedings into dark comedy, furthering the film's efficacy. Will Poulter's performance encapsulates this, as a man so ignorant to his racial biases as to fully commit in his erratic ways. John Boyega, a talent who I have lamented over his being in poor films in the past, gives some of his best work. For these two British actors, accents were no problem and I felt immersed in their roles. Others like Anthony Mackie and John Krasinski show up in smaller roles and supplement proceedings well. Jacob Latimore and Algee Smith, and Hannah Murray are lesser-known supporters (from my standpoint) who also do well. Overarching themes are a bit hard to come by for this one. I do think that it provides an intriguing and revoltingly poignant look at the incident it covers, but I felt that there was some big part of the film that I wasn't getting. Despite this, the film remained gripping, well-acted, and polished in the grime that it presented.

It's a shame this movie was not better recognized, Katherin Bigelow does a fantastic job at making the audience feel a great sense of anger and impotence. The movie sadly could still happen today. Things have improved very little, a shame! Humanity doesn't seem to learn to treat others as equals. A movie that is better than almost all of this year Golden Globes nominees (2020-2021) I hate all the people that didn't like this movie because it didn't make them feel joy. Dumbs!

It's a gut-wrenching true story that happened in Detroit in 1967 that makes you wonder how it could have happened, but was OK in that time. The movie did a pretty good job of telling the story, but I felt that it dragged on a little at times.

This is not a film about the '67 Detroit riots in the usual mode of socio-historical dramas---it is actually a grueling police-brutality horror movie staged within the setting of those riots. Which is to say that it is about the deeper causes of this, and other, American urban upheavals. But don't expect pleasant viewing---this film is by turns meticulous and gratuitous in its depiction of human cruelty.

While grueling and unpleasant, very truthful and accurate portrayal of the past struggles in the fight for civil rights. While heart-breaking, very informative.