Cracka

Sometimes, people can't understand a struggle or injustice until it smacks them in the face. It has to happen to them or the people who look like them. For example, people didn't believe Covid existed until their own family members started to die. Like COVID, RACISM is real! My prayer is that people will see this for what it's worth!! We've cried in the streets, marched in the streets, and nothing has changed. Thanks to this director for using art to start the conversation.

First off - it's a movie now, but only because they canceled the series they intended to make. So originally this was only supposed to be the pilot, but they canceled the rest because of all the backlash and hate it received.

But have you noticed that while the ratings of this "movie" are generally really bad, the reviews are generally really good. So why that discrepancy? Maybe because it's easier to rate a movie you haven't seen than it is to actually review a movie you haven't seen...

And just like you should't judge someone by their skin color, you shouldn't judge a movie by it's trailer. Because I have to admit the trailer is absolutely horrible in that it can indeed be interpreted as racist incitement. So I am glad that I watched the movie first and then the trailer. Otherwise I would be like so many others and would have just been offended and left a negative rating without actually seeing the movie.

But if you watch the movie without knowing the horrible trailer or knowing about the controversy surrounding this movie - if you just judge the movie by itself, it's really not a bad movie and it really is very clearly against any kind of racism and isn't racist at all (unlike the messed up trailer).

Also, I like the concept, though it's not a new concept at all - basically it's just a remake of a remake of a Twilight Zone episode and Outer Limits too did the exact same kind of episode and when those episodes came out there was no controversy, as everyone understood that they were against racism - though that was many years ago - before we had certain political activists that like nothing better than to cancel all TV shows that disagree with their political agenda. Which makes it even more ironic that this movie was actually made by those very same cancel happy advocates... so they ended up canceling themselves...

You can watch Roots and all the other slave movies on here but they won't let you watch this. Be fair.

This movie shows action, thriller, excitement, intensity, and potential. It has a story line that is so interesting to follow and gives me goosebumps and excitement.

Needs a bit of polish and the actor playing the titular character is a bit flat, but the show's got a great premise. I would love to see more episodes with characters, their backstories, and the universe more fleshed out. Did West Africa lead the age of imperial colonialism instead of Europe? Was Europe steipped of its natural resources (eg coal, lumber, peat, iron)? How does the triangle trade work?

It's horribly violent with the slaves being dehumanized at every turn, in every possible way. Graphic displays of "buck breaking" and handlers being quick to use violence to assert violence are front and center, forcing viewers to witness the reality if torment, often glossed over or omitted in history books so as not to offend modern white sensibilities.

Given that Man in the High Tower was a success showing the 1960s USA after Nazis won WW2, I could see this gaining a following.