Collin has been released from the prison since short time. He has a short period before end his legal monitoring so he hopes to get a new job and start a new good life. But his plans are broken when his friend Miles appears in his life again causing him some troubles that put their friendship at stake.
This indie dramedy could have been a hard-knock urban story, but instead it's funny and insightful, with heartfelt characters, as well as astute enough to explore many sides of the issues at hand.
The film's empathetic lens instills the feeling that the places on screen may already be gone by now, turning Blindspotting into a kind of documentary of the area that also shares its story: one of survival in the face of trauma.
Movies about race in America are seldom in short supply, but rarely do they venture past the realm of personal prejudice into the more complicated terrain of economic racism.
Like all great movies, Blindspotting is a force to be reckoned with and wrestled with. No matter where you land in your assessment, your expectations are guaranteed to be shattered.
Blindspotting's searing exploration of hot-button issues as race, class and police brutality in such confrontational fashion makes for a thought-provoking experience guaranteed to affect you long after leaving the theater.
