Blackout (2007)
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51% of users liked it
(346 ratings)
In the summer of 2003, the East Coast of America was literally consumed by darkness. Though in the midst of the largest blackout in U.S. history most news reports spoke of the relative calm in a potentially chaotic situation, the situation in Brooklyn's East Flatbush neighborhood would soon become… More In the summer of 2003, the East Coast of America was literally consumed by darkness. Though in the midst of the largest blackout in U.S. history most news reports spoke of the relative calm in a potentially chaotic situation, the situation in Brooklyn's East Flatbush neighborhood would soon become extremely volatile. As night fell over East Flatbush and looters came out of the shadows, violence flared and the citizens prepared for one of the most terrifying nights of their lives. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Rating, Runtime
- Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.
- Directed By
- Jerry LaMothe
- Written By
- Jerry LaMothe
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
- In Theaters
- Sep 29, 2007 Wide
- On DVD
- Feb 5, 2008
Critic Reviews
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Kam Williams, AALBC.com
Inner-city drama, written and directed by a Brooklyn native, and based on actual events which unfolded in a predominantly African-American section of Flatbush during the Great Blackout of 2003.
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Kam Williams, EURWeb
A well-crafted, slice-of-life saga which amply illustrates how easily matters might go from bad to worse in the already-overburdened inner-city when disaster strikes in the 'hood.
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Ethan Alter, Giant Magazine
Blackout is Jerry LaMothe's ambitious attempt to try and craft a Do the Right Thing for the 21st century. He falls short of that impossible goal, but Blackout does have several things to recommend it.
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Marlow Stern, Manhattan Movie Magazine
there are some terribly cliched threads, including C.J.'s as the doomed upwardly mobile kid from the block, and James as the tormented witness of 9/11
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Scott Collura, IGN Movies
Hopes to attach some larger social significance to the event, but that unfortunately falls largely flat and suffers from a derivative and sometimes vapid script.
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