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in my opinion we do not have a more entrancing, magnetic, fizzling, romantic, riveting, endlessly watchable actor in our (“our”) generation than Daniel Kaluuya
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i agree jesse plemons, we should give lakeith stanfield an academy award!!!
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if your ensemble has lakeith stanfield in it, it’s gonna be a good film. devastating from beginning to end.
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this one movie taught me more about the black panthers than school ever did and probably ever will.
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Kaluuya’s tremendous performance here pretty much makes up for O’Neal being somewhat underwritten. I get making him a character of ambivalence but Stanfield seems to be emotionally pitched at a guy whose psyche gradually begins engaging in open revolt but whose historical and narrative actions don’t line up with that. This is brutally timely, though, in a way that doesn’t feel like it’s the project’s sole priority. I just wish it had been grittier, more confrontational, but in any case it’s altogether striking and energetic.
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In retrospect, of course Warner Bros. wasn’t going to put out a movie that genuinely grappled with Fred Hampton’s revolutionary politics, and it’s on me that I was idiot enough to wonder if they might. Instead, despite a couple quotes from Marxist literature, and one appearance each by the words “socialism” (at the start) and “proletariat” (at the end; also, I might have missed a “proletariat” in there, I wasn’t really thinking to count it), this mostly turns Hampton into a generic “the bad things are very bad” rhetorician, who talks a lot about revolution and gets very keyed up about it, but never gets around to pinpointing what the revolution will consist of or what it will lead to.…
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Just fantastic. Shaka King takes a crucial moment in history that could feel so cloying and unfocused in the hands of a less careful director, and gives us a smart, uncompromising tragedy about fear and power that properly portrays Bill O’Neal’s story as both a slave rebellion and an act of war. Lakeith Stanfield and Daniel Kaluuya are exactly as great as you think they’re gonna be, if not better, but Shaka King’s name better reverberate through the halls of every studio after this. Fred Hampton was 21 years old when he was murdered by the FBI. Twenty-one years old.
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Career topping performances for both Kaluuya and Stanfield which is impressive considering how amazing their careers already are.
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I don’t think there will ever be a time where Daniel Kaluuya doesn’t blow me away
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The single biggest weakness this film has is that it’s stars are much older than the people they were portraying. The effect this has is to diminish what’s most appalling about the stories of O’Neill and Hampton — that they were little more than children, manipulated and murdered by their government. I have no complaints with the performances themselves — although I think O’Neill is underwritten — and I think the film as a whole is very strong. But the age thing is a serious problem.
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sem palavras. não tem mais nada a dizer além disso. que filme!
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great performance!
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Mmicalangelo 8 月 22, 2026
I was trawling the streets after the Knicks won Game 5. At a certain point, the NYPD formed a line and forced us backwards. Except, they were forcing us into another line of cops doing the exact same thing. Where exactly were they trying to get us to go? What exactly were they trying to accomplish except aggravate an already excited crowd even more?
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I am….. Revolutionary!! The system is the one which either destory innerself or makes you manipulate aka brainwashed one. When you start to critize the system, either you get killed or you going to be killed to yourself that makes you comfortable for so long and felt me like we are actually lived in a matrix world for real . Judas and the black messiah tells racial betrayal, thought provoking and sharp dialogues and mainly the humane side of both…
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I think this Movie was amazing. It was informative while also being very catchy. It made me think a lot about who am I as a black woman, what my morals are and how these might impact my future.
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que película, fffuckk.
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i love when cinema does its job in educating the audience and telling stories of revolution, hope and anger, because yes, art has always been and will always be political. Judas and the Black Messiah tells a very important piece of history with two incredible and heartfelt performances. fred hampton is the face of the revolution; he’s a smart, dedicated, brave man capable of bringing all the people from every culture together to make a real change, because he knows…
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After The Trial of the Chicago 7, promised and delivered. It feels like in a way these two are sister films, even though their origins and viewpoints couldn’t be more different, they feel like together are a really complete picture of “the struggle”. I’ve always been fascinated by the concept of cowardice. The idea of overwhelming fear, an excessive necessity for survival, and how that can poison a person’s actions, moral compass, self-worth, worldview, relationships. One of the finest depictions…
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Intenso, Muy Intenso hasta diría. La tensión es constante. El titulo alude perfectamente los acontecimientos ocurridos.
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This film tried its best to sweep all of fred hampton’s marxist ideals under the rug, otherwise itd be too powerful for hollywoods sake. I really dont know much about the black panthers so better to read up on it after this movie, but wow that was a great introduction. Daniel kaluuya and lakeith stanfield again just amazing actors although yea it does seem a bit misleading to cast a 30 sum year old actor to portray a 21 year old, mightve been better to use a more unknown name, but im not complaining cuz the cast still did amazing.
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Got bored, don’t finish it. Maybe in the wrong mood
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Fred Hampton was 21 leading a revolutionary party and I’m pushing 21 still playing Roblox
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powerful performances throughout this entire film but my only wish is for dominique fishback to be in more movies bc my god she’s incredible. also quick lil shoutout to ryan and zinzi coogler for being apart of this amazing movie.
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Inspired to watch this after listening to Chaka khans desert island discs
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I was reminded of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford in that Fred Hampton is already a famous figure being shadowed by someone who is only in his circle for himself, and is ultimately betrayed for a selfish gain, which then elevates their life into that of a legend. In the case of Bill O’Neal, his aims were not really to strike it rich but instead to stay out of prison. I think billing Daniel Kaluuya…
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[had to watch it on 2 separate plan sessions] i only remember liking it lol
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I need lakeith stanfield in every movie im not even kidding
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All power to the people
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only qualm is that i wanted the actor of fred hampton to be younger so you could truly see how young he was when he led a revolution and got murdered. regardless, everyone must watch
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“you can murder a revolutionary but you can’t murder a revolution” such a beautiful film.
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There’s a level of weight they manage to put on this story that just doesn’t make sense. Of course the source material is a great man and an easy spring board to bounce off of for telling a great story but it’s told so unconventionally that if I’d never seen it and someone tried to explain the premise to me I’d be annoyed by how obvious it is that a specific story is being avoided but my God was this…
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REVOLUTIONARY
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Es increíble que esto haya pasado en la vida real, que triste la verdad 😪 Daniel kaluuya como siempre acarreando yessir
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this movie will have you staring at the wall zoning out and feeling nothing but rage, disgust, and sorrow.
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Some movies are just so anger inducing
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La historia es emotiva, es reflexiva y la actuación de Daniel Kaluuya digna de aplaudir. Tanto dolor, tanto sufrimiento, tanto racismo y violencia sistemática que las mismas emociones te van atrapando mediante cada escena.
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Veel geleerd! Doet het bloed van onder uw nagels lopen met hoe smerig en oneerlijk de mensen behandeld werden. Goede film, maar zeker niet om vrolijk van te worden. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
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i genuinely loved this movie so much, i want to read some books on the black panthers party
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Partagé entre l’envie de pleurer ou de tt casser
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genuinely a phenomenal movie
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my roman empire
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I don’t believe I’m gonna die in no car wreck! I don’t believe I’m gonna die slippin’ on no ice! I don’t believe I’m gonna die ’cause I got a bad heart! I believe I’m gonna die doing what I was born for! I believe I’m gonna die high off the people! I’m gonna die for the people, ’cause I live for the people! I live for the people, ’cause I love the people! Hampton, you are forever etched in my heart in kaluuya’s voice.
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pek beğenmedim fred hampton’ın marksist kimliği baya sterilize edilmiş sadece şu filmi izleyip bi çıkarım yapsaydım sıradan karizmatik bi lider falan zannederdim koca filme marksist literatürden bir iki kelime anca sıkıştırmışlar ayrıca tüm bunları yaşadığında hampton 20-21 yaşındaymış neden daha genç bi oyuncu seçmemişler anlamadım yine de 68 kuşağına veya hampton’a dair daha fazla araştırma yapma isteği uyandırdı bir de insan düşünmeden edemiyor bu kadar törpülenmiş bir film bile bizim ülkemizde 1971 olayları için deniz gezmiş veya ibrahim kaypakkaya için çekilebilir miydi acaba.. ”you can kill the revolutionary but not the revolution”
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Cool. But also not a whole lot else Daniel Kaluuya brings it to a whole other level. Sad he’s in a cult Lakeith Stanfield is also great
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I AM A REVOLUTIONARY!
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Ver esse filme em partes definitivamente roubou muito da experiência, mas eu acho que foi o primeiro filme baseado em fatos reais que conseguiu transmitir a multiplicidade de mundo real e a dificuldade de colocar tudo em preto e branco e dizer “ele errou!”. Dá pra ver e entender muito bem que o sistema condiciona uma violência insana e interminável. Eu fiquei muito pensativa sobre as pessoas que passam uma vida inteira LITERALMENTE lutando pela EXISTÊNCIA, que é o primeiro…
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bawled my eyes out
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Maldito fascismo, maldito racismo y malditos todos los que participan en él
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terrifyingly good and soul crushing biopic ever, the leads absolutely ate and Jesse Plemons once again proved he’s HIM
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Assustador o quanto a ignorância de suas próprias condições de vida pode te levar, e o filme mostra uma pequena ignorância leva a tragédia.
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Steel looks like a less athletic jairzinho
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no way a human being can be as cool as fred hampton was. also this film is so good.
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Ssofia 8 月 19, 2026
My god
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shit this movie had me emotional all 2 hours obviously there’s critiques because they barely talk about what a revolution is and what more they were doing and they reduced his rhetoric a lot, and we know that’s not how it was really. like the media always does with communists/revolutionaries. but when you already know what the Black Panther party entailed this was a very beautiful and captivating film.
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LaKieth Stanfield plays a nearly impossible role to perfection. Knowing the ending of the story, it’s still done so well that the whole thing is compelling throughout.
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tiene aura está movie sale una rolita q usó un sample el alemán jajaja S/0 me sentí el meme de dicaprio cuando la reconocí MJR LE MARCÓ AL BUENO NUNCA AL POLICIAAA
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AAkex__ 8 月 18, 2026
Its a little late in the night when I finally got around to fiishing this movie but wow its really solid. I think lakeith is fantastic and so is kaluuya as always they do a great job together but I really loved FIshback’s perfomance she portayed such strengh and resillence in such a difficult and scary time. I feel torn between Plemon’s charecter and what he has to say about the white audience or bystander to the subject matter and whether he had validity in his worries or not.
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Bill O’Neil betraying and infiltrating the black panther party ultimately leading to the death of chairman Fred Hampton. Interesting view point on Oniell. He was there because he needed and out. He did what he had to but at what cost.
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Impecável.
- Synopsis
- Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.
- Director
- Shaka King
- Writer
- Will Berson, Shaka King
- Studio
- MACRO, Bron Studios, Participant, Proximity Media
- Country
- Canada, USA
- Language
- English
- Year
- 2021
- Runtime
- 125 mins
- USA01 Feb 2021
- Romania12 Feb 2021
- Singapore26 Mar 2021
- USA12 Feb 2021
- Brazil25 Feb 2021
- Australia11 Mar 2021
- Sweden19 Mar 2021
- Spain26 Mar 2021
- Netherlands08 Apr 2021
- South Korea22 Apr 2021
- Taiwan23 Apr 2021
- Germany24 Jun 2021
- USA12 Feb 2021
- UK11 Mar 2021
- Italy09 Apr 2021
- Australia01 Jun 2021
- USA04 May 2021
- UK21 Jun 2021
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