Review of Chi-Raq

Chi-Raq (2015)
2/10
A miserable slog
31 July 2017
I hate this film. An adaptation of Aristophanes play "Lysistrata" set in modern day Chicago, the film sees a bunch of women withholding sex from their boyfriends and husbands until they agree to end the gun violence in Chicago. It's difficult to adapt Greek theater into a modern setting without it seeming silly, since it doesn't lend itself to realistic techniques. Lee fails about as completely as you can, making an overly long, cartoonish film that is oppressively preachy, especially since it has essentially made all of it's key points in the first 15 minutes.
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