P. C. HUANG (晴耕雨读)

All peoples in the world created their own culture but only a few are civilised. The struggle for being civilised is hard and brutal. The black people are living through this struggle, so are the Chinese people. This movie reflect the theme well and to my delight, it touched me with a high degree of honesty. The first step for the less civilised to encounter the civilised in the forms that are humiliating and devastating, generating grievance lasting for generations, which could be so great that some nation can never get over with it and take the second step. The second step is just as painful. All the pride and self-esteem is challenged to the extent that you are either to admit your failure while acknowledge the merit of your opponents, or, to deny the reality and go back to the a place between the first step and second step. The half step between the first and the second is even more embarrassing and awkward. The is where most of the black intellectuals are. You cannot escape your root, which is rotten and dying, but you desire to thrive in a new greenhouse that offer all you need to be successful, which you must hate and despise to maintain your dignity and pride. This movie captured the gist of the conditions the black population find itself in, especially in the country that offers the most favourable environment for their development. There is no solution and any solution must be comical and pathetical.

I have found this movie to be racist. It gives the only positive roles to an Indian woman, an African man, but none was given to any of our Chinese people, how outrageous it is! All white people in the movie are portrayed as idiots, perverts, racists, bigots, hypocrites , rightly so, as all of them really are. But why on earth the movie dare to omit the most virtuous people, the Chinese people? Do you racists find my review helpful?

As a movie, juvinile, shallow, bad story telling, just for simple minded audience. One of the illogical part is that the family simply don't want to bother authorities, even with the knowledge of dead people. The wounded man won't move, but the mother somehow forgets she has a truck and could take her daughter with her to get help. The fun part: a lesson for all those who want to get off grid, be careful out there.

The whole movie tries to teach Americans that gun-free policy works, what you need is hi tech and love to solve problems, not guns; more importantly, when they ask you stay quiet, you obey, and find a peaceful life to the best of your ability, no guns please. Very ideological driven stupid movie.

Pretty much overrated. I feel being dragged for miles with a lot of outdated gimmicks without any real substance. 90% froth and 1% beer at the bottom of the glass.