La vida de una familia de acogida del distrito South Central de Los Ángeles, pocas semanas antes de que en la ciudad se desate la violencia tras el veredicto del juicio de Rodney King.La vida de una familia de acogida del distrito South Central de Los Ángeles, pocas semanas antes de que en la ciudad se desate la violencia tras el veredicto del juicio de Rodney King.La vida de una familia de acogida del distrito South Central de Los Ángeles, pocas semanas antes de que en la ciudad se desate la violencia tras el veredicto del juicio de Rodney King.
Kaalan Walker
- William McGee
- (as Kaalan 'KR' Walker)
Ce'Onna Meilani Johnson
- Sherridane
- (as Ce'Onna Johnson)
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Meh. An important and interesting story that is still extremely relevant these days, told out of a rather unspectacular and to some degrees unbelievable perspective.
Yes the film stars two very talented actors: Halle Berry and Daniel Craig however their roles are rather supporting and their performances not really stunning. Berry overacts easily and there is no motivation no explanation in her character. Craig is okay actually, another twist of character for him, however the development of his character makes no sense at all and there is also no explanation or anything for it. I think they just cut a LOT out of the movie. Really lousy writing that also continues with the plot.. there is not much of it, and the bits and pieces we get presented are absolutely unbelievable and often make no sense.
The writer and director never stays true and honest with his characters and that is why the film fails. You really only get emotionally impacted by the film and that is during the short footage sequence at the end when the film is dedicated to some victim. Otherwise a missed opportunity for sure.
The movie was all over the place. No character development, why was Hallie Berry with nine or ten various kids, oh I get fostering. Nothing explained. And I think her and Craig did the movie for free. Spike Lee would put it together better. You have to live the life before you can make film about South Central. Where I grew up. South central was
worse than the film but it was a jumbled mess.
Very dramatic and fake acting nonsensical things happen, not realistic. Some scenes were so wtf and cringe. Bad directing. If it had a different director and fixed the script a little bit it would reach 9. But for now it's a 4.
An unfortunate letdown. It pains me to say this because this had the potential to be very good. "Kings" is a story centered around the LA riots which occurred in the early 90's. It's told through the perspective of a family who find themselves in the middle of the intense event. There was set-up for great drama, but the end result is an uneven mess with little to no pay-off. This movie had the most abrupt and out of nowhere endings that I've seen all year. Early on we seem to be promised an emotional and riveting finale. And we never get that finale. It just sort of ends before the third act is taking shape. The first half of the film suffers a lot. I didn't form much of an attachment with the characters. The editing switches too quickly between people with little moments to breath and for you to get to know them. Besides, almost every scene during the first half consists of people yelling and talking over each other constantly. The pace is unfocused. You can only take so much loud shouting before your only wish is for people to calm down and be quiet for just a second. The silent or calmer scenes are precious because there are so few of them. Halle Berry gives a good performance and so does Daniel Craig. They are both like-able as their bonding slowly progresses throughout the story. If they only picked a better project to be apart of though. It was a waste of their talents. Lamar Johnson who plays Berry's son gets a lot screen-time, and he was really good playing a grounded and sympathetic character. There's much heavy lifting for him to do as he wants to make sense out of the situation and find some peaceful solution to many problems. I was on-board with his story-line until he, of course, disappears towards the end. The development of the character pretty much stopped just as it was about to get the most interesting. Tonally it's all pretty realistic with documentary like montage sequences. Well, except for one abstract dream scene involving Berry and Craig that confused half the audience. It was supposed to be "romantic", but it's like nothing else in the entire movie. The scene comes off as more comedic than anything because of how cheesy the presentation is. It was kind of embarrassing as well, which made me feel bad for the actors.
The actual riot scenes weren't bad. It's the journey up to that point that's difficult to tolerate. If only they didn't let every dialogue scene be people yelling, shouting or screaming. The pulse can't be that high all the time. There needs to be some breathing. I like the actors and the director is respected, but they can't save the movie. We get some sprinkled decent moments, but there's just not enough of them. Oh, I'll give it a point for being shot on film. No complaints on cinematography. Don't rush out to see this one once it comes out. Catch it on VOD or something and be sure to not have the volume too high. Trust me, it's gonna get loud. My other summary of the film is: I like you guys, but better luck next time.
The actual riot scenes weren't bad. It's the journey up to that point that's difficult to tolerate. If only they didn't let every dialogue scene be people yelling, shouting or screaming. The pulse can't be that high all the time. There needs to be some breathing. I like the actors and the director is respected, but they can't save the movie. We get some sprinkled decent moments, but there's just not enough of them. Oh, I'll give it a point for being shot on film. No complaints on cinematography. Don't rush out to see this one once it comes out. Catch it on VOD or something and be sure to not have the volume too high. Trust me, it's gonna get loud. My other summary of the film is: I like you guys, but better luck next time.
I cannot believe that Halle Berry and Daniel Craig have put their name to this movie. I thought that it would have been a great story but it just rambles on about nothing with a few original news items thrown in just to remind what is happening. I would give this a start rating of 2 and would be one of the mob=vies to avoid this year.
I have never written a bad review before but just felt compelled to pen this one.
I have never written a bad review before but just felt compelled to pen this one.
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- TriviaDeniz Gamze Ergüven completed this script around 2011, and intended for it to be her feature film debut, however she was unable to get financing for her project. A friend suggested she try a smaller, more intimate film, which became Mustang: belleza salvaje (2015), an Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. The considerable attention gained from that film allowed her to finally get this film off the ground.
- Créditos curiososIn loving memory of Ryan De'Juan Dunbar.
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Detalles
- Fecha de lanzamiento
- Países de origen
- Sitio oficial
- Idioma
- También se conoce como
- Dva Kinga
- Locaciones de filmación
- Productoras
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Taquilla
- Total en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 274,635
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 163,289
- 29 abr 2018
- Total a nivel mundial
- USD 910,269
- Tiempo de ejecución1 hora 26 minutos
- Color
- Relación de aspecto
- 2.39 : 1
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