Judas and the Black Messiah

2021 • 125 minutes
3.6
210 reviews
97%
Tomatometer
R
Rating
Eligible
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FBI informant William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois Black Panther Party and is tasked with keeping tabs on their charismatic leader, Chairman Fred Hampton. A career thief, O'Neal revels in the danger of manipulating both his comrades and his handler, Special Agent Roy Mitchell. Hampton's political prowess grows just as he's falling in love with fellow revolutionary Deborah Johnson. Meanwhile, a battle wages for O'Neal's soul. Will he align with the forces of good? Or subdue Hampton and The Panthers by any means, as FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover commands?
Rating
R

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3.6
210 reviews
Cynthia Gist-Fletcher
April 19, 2021
$20 to rent a movie to watch once? I live alone, fear COVID, and use a tiny Surface Pro laptop. $20 is absurd. Sorry, but Hollywood will have to use the money of other peple to support jet-setting to NYC, Cannes and their Malibu beach houses. I am offended by your greed. Making me give it a rating, I'm just choosing the middle to try not to damage what is probably a great movie. I thought it was oin netflix but everything disappeared from there but 2 or 3 films. Greed is an ugly thing.
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Scott Fanetti
April 29, 2021
I love all the anti-wh ite propaganda pushed out by hollywood these days. Its part of the reason I can no longer support the modern woke left. Modern Hollywood is just chock full of racists and violent people pretending everyone else is a Na zi - in order to keep people from realizing how privileged adult pretenders are. This movie is just yet another "linear time does not exist" whitey is evil movie. If you have seen one - you have seen them all. The movie plot might as well have been written by Go ebbels.
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Kenneth Yaw Agyeman-Badu
April 2, 2021
Wow, these guys really deserve an award. Kaluuya's performance was the best I've seen so far this year, just incredible and absolute convincing. Stanfield on the other hand was very impressive as well. The movie didn't really grip me cuz of the plot or story wise but the absolute top notch performances from the cast to retell this story. This is a must watch to see Hollywood's young talents.
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