I had hoped for more from this film. It felt quite dull, lacking excitement and failing to hold my attention.

It’s shocking that this movie isn't more widely recognized; it's an excellent film centered on drug dealers, but unlike most movies of its kind, it avoids relying heavily on rap music, instead featuring a moving classical score by Blanchard, though there is still some fantastic 90s hip hop present. The sets are visually striking and evoke real feeling. While Spike Lee isn’t involved in the directing, as Scorsese prod…

It’s disappointing that Spike Lee, someone clearly possessing considerable filmmaking skill, isn’t producing work that connects effectively with audiences today because of problems unrelated to the movies themselves. I understand that achieving excellence in any area often requires sacrifices, and it seems like, for all he's achieved in film, there's a kind of deficit—I don’t mean this as an insult—in areas such as p…