It smashes its way into your psyche' and grabs your attention and simply refuses to let go.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 6, 2020

A chilling portrait of an American urban landscape where many of this nation's estimated 18,000 law-enforcement agencies are being armed to the teeth.

| Jun 9, 2020

Do Not Resist presents its strongest and most resonant piece of information in its final segment concerning the information activities and digital aspects of modern warfare being applied to law enforcement on U.S. Soil.

| Feb 6, 2020

...an essential snapshot of American history.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Dec 28, 2018

There's a vibrancy to the way Atkinson gets in the thick of whatever situation he's in as his own cinematographer and allows the jaw dropping moments to speak for themselves.

| Nov 1, 2018

Regardless your political affiliation, there's plenty within Do Not Resist that should leave you thoroughly uneasy about the growing trend of a militarized police departments.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 1, 2018

The pervasive question of "how did we get here" is what makes director Craig Atkinson's timely documentary Do Not Resist so compelling...

| Aug 6, 2018

Chilling and essential.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 29, 2016

This doc is a vital record of an America transitioning to martial law so quickly and stealthily that we're barely acknowledging the change.

| Dec 1, 2016

Craig Atkinson's incendiary new documentary provides sobering food for thought on police brutality and intimidation.

| Nov 30, 2016

As chilling as it is one-sided.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 14, 2016

Do Not Resist does a good job of summing up recent events and looking at the philosophies that have fed into them.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 11, 2016

Doubling down as director and cinematographer, Craig Atkinson proves worthy at both assignments.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 11, 2016

While Atkinson's intentions are good, his methods are shaky, resulting in a surface-skimming film that raises issues without ever approaching a solution.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 11, 2016

A piercing, panoramic look at the federal government's purposeful yet potentially cataclysmic militarization of local police departments.

| Nov 10, 2016

This is a sad, sickening portrait of modern America -- and one of the most important docs you'll see this year.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 9, 2016

This is not a film about racism in America. It is, instead, a film about the increased militarization of America's police forces. And it is scary stuff indeed.

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 4, 2016

Do Not Resist is an audacious examination of an especially troubling aspect of the ongoing militarization of the US. See it and draw your own conclusions.

| Oct 28, 2016

A serious, sober look at a pressing national issue- so why the spooky music? (Broad Street Review)

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 28, 2016

Most of these bits and pieces have merit, but the connections are so loose that "Do Not Resist" amounts to little more than a grab bag.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 20, 2016