"Fruitvale Station" - starring Michael B Jordan, Melonie Diaz and Octavia Spencer. This is a bio-op about the last day in the life of Oscar Grant. Grant was a 22 year old black man who was shot and killed by a BART police officer on New Years Day 2009. This is a really good movie, it will leave you sad, angry and astonished at the ineptitude of the BART police department. Grant was no angel, the movie doesn't depict as one either, but there is no way he deserved to die on that train platform for his actions on that train. The performances from Jordan, Diaz and Spencer were all very strong, I suspect that we'll be seeing a lot more of Michael B. Jordan going forward. The direction from Ryan Coogler in his directorial debut was also excellent, I think he may have a future in the film industry. I highly recommend that everyone go out and see it.
I will give this movie 4 out of 5 stars (*****).
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