A good movie

The main reason why I ended up watching this flick was because I’m staying with my uncle and aunt for a while right now and my uncle wanted to watch a Western. To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since it seemed to have a decent reputation and since it was available on Netflix, I thought we might as well check it out. Well, even though it might seem to be a gimmick to have all or most of the characters played by some black actors, it turned out to be apparently quite accurate since 25% of all cowboys were actually black (I have to admit that I didn’t know this fact before watching this movie). Another thing that I enjoyed was the really nice soundtrack. Indeed, I’m a huge reggae fan and the way they mixed a Western with this music genre was actually pretty awesome. Finally, they had a nice cast involved (Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba, Zazie Beetz, LaKeith Stanfield, Regina King, Danielle Deadwyler, Delroy Lindo, Damon Wayans Jr.) and they all delivered some solid performances. Concerning the story, it was pretty generic but it was entertaining enough and, even though the ending was not really surprising, it worked actually fairly well. Eventually, the only thing that did bother me was the fact that the damned thing was sometimes just too slow. Indeed, it lasted almost 150 mins and, for such a basic story, there was really no need to stretch it like this for so long (the fact that I was so tired when I watched this movie probably didn’t help either). Anyway, to conclude, even if it was not a masterpiece, it was still a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you want to see an original Western.