Judas and the Black Messiah

Assured of the righteousness of its own politics, the film forces you to catch up to the Panthers, illuminating on screen how they cultivated “a culture that will free you” and the governmental manipulation necessary to suppress that culture.

...Daniel Kaluuya gives an electrifying performance that raises the hairs on the back of your neck.

The English-born Kaluuya scorches the screen with an undiluted blast of star power, a thrilling, moving portrayal of human dimensions in a larger-than-life scale.

...a biography so fully, soulfully realized that it shakes the dust off of history.

Buoyed by a trio of standout performances, this freshly resonant thriller brings urgent life to one of the Black Panther movement’s greatest tragedies.

...a gripping drama that intersects fleetingly with that overpraised awards favourite 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' (...), but feels altogether more substantial and satisfying.

...what a high-octane charge of excitement Kaluuya and Stanfield bring to the screen simply by showing up.