Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal both give great performances. Their script shows problems with today's society. At the same time, while focusing on serious issues, it can also be really funny and heartfelt. The cinematography is fantastic. There are a lot of cool shots in here and it really portrays Oakland as a city full of people and not just some place. The ending is a little heavy handed but nothing that ruins the movie. Go see this, it's one of the best movies of the year.

This film was excellent. The chemistry between Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal is what immediately stands out here. It's crazy how natural it feels. Although the film aims to show problems involving race, as well as issues such as gentrification, the film also has a lot of humor, without trying too hard. I thoroughly enjoyed this one. Side note: Being from the Bay Area, Oakland does have a unique feel to it, and it's a city that isn't always portrayed in the best of ways in media, but the film does the city justice. It shows that the city has beauty to it, as well as the people who live there.

This is pretty much perfectly made: the directing, editing and music are all exceptional. Daveed Diggs is great (though every time he starts speaking I’m expecting hear a Clipping song), but it’s really Rafael Casal who steals the show. While I’d day that the overall story is good, thematically it’s a bit uneven and unfocussed. Not all the themes connect, so it feels like a bunch of different movies smashed together. It’s never not interesting, but also not the most cohesive thing I’ve seen. There’s also some tonal clashing going on at points. 7/10

Absolutely phenomenal. The _tension_ in so many scenes is just so palpable and it just rises and rises. The script is so fully realized and it’s writers nail every line in the lead roles. And it’s funny too! The rapping in the climax only serves the tension, gives it a hyper reality while the beeping drones on and on until everything feels like it’s about to explode. There’s just so much to talk about from gentrification to police brutality to Miles’ wanting the black ‘identity’ and all he perceives it as having while Collin suffers the consequences just for existing. An incredibly powerful film that will stick with me for a long time.

Saw on 11/17/18. Going through some old noted decimal scores before having an app like this to add them to. This movie was very well done and while definitely not perfect was very entertaining despite the serious nature overall. Good balance of authenticity and realism outside the artistic choice of adding rap to serious situations. Memorable one. 8.2 for me