The Day Shall Come

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Alec B It almost comes together but ultimately its more concerned with having the right ideological perspective rather than to be a serious satire. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/09/24 Full Review zaika - Although not his greatest work, JAM and BRASS EYE are the best, The Day Shall Come is a juxtaposed version of FOUR LIONS when the leads are actually terrorists, this film follows the FBI, the worlds biggest employer of terrorists in the USA thinks they've found some new terrorists; turns out, they're just people on horseback. This film is very decent. You can tell he got many tips and tricks from Veep, the comedy show of which he directed a few episodes for. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/11/23 Full Review robbie v Good idea but just doesn't cut the mustard Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I am surprised to find so many bad reviews here, I thought the movie was great and it seems to me that it has perhaps been misunderstood? It is a scathing portrait of the American "justice" system and the baffling reality of legal entrapment. More widely, it is a portrait of capitalism in all its ugliness. Even the good characters (Moses Al Shabbazz and co.) are unmistakably products of our time, torn between well-informed class struggle against their oppressors and more baseless conspiracy theories. Nevertheless, the writers (and thus the viewer) are clearly invested in Moses' fate and that of his farm and (extended) family - good people who try to survive in a world where billionaire developers threaten every day to take their homes and lives away. It is in that context that we can observe entrapment in all its horror: a man threatened with homelessness and ruin is caught in a net of terrorists, except there are no terrorists, they are all fabricated by law enforcement. Push a person to the most extreme desperation and then tell them that the only way they can survive is doing something illegal, then provide them the means to do that illegal thing - means that they would probably have never encountered or looked for themselves otherwise. I mean, at that point every single one of us, if desperate enough, would fall into the trap, and that - shockingly - constitutes grounds to charge someone with a major crime in the US. Despite being heart-shattering, the movie also manages to be very funny in a dark-comedic way, excellent at laying bare the grotesque reality we live in. In that it reminded me of 'Don't look up' (although the latter is more recent), similarly shunned by critics for being too crass and not 'subtle' enough. But our world is not subtle, and the crassness is not at all gratuitous when reality is actually more absurd and demented than fiction. This movie, imho, was a gem. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member There were some laughs. I see what they were trying to do. Satire is great. There were likable characters. Merchant, Kendrick and Brooks were great. When I finished it I was left thinking that this was written and directed by people untouched by the crushing reality that black bodies are fodder for the powers that be. People that can't empathize with fellow humans that constantly go to jail for nothing and killed for less. This was written by the white and privileged. As are most of those that gave it glowing reviews. Making light of religion, politics, the FBI, I don't have a problem with. Thumbing your nose at the politically correct can be funny and brilliant. This was not that. Making light of the oppressed makes it feel like some 1940s comedy where black people were shown as buffoons that need to go to jail for their own good. Sickening. They may have had their heart in the right place but the creators were obviously tone deaf. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Wasn't for me at all. But hey if this sort of humor floats your boat go at it. The acting and all is good so, meh. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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