Review of 137 Shots

137 Shots (2021)
3/10
Started well but lost focus.
1 January 2022
This doco is a mixed bag. It hooks you in with the main case and then introduces a couple more. The questions posed about these cases are warranted (was it murder/manslaughter, abuse of power etc) but don't fully explore them. However, about after an hour, it becomes far more politically charged with the BLM narrative at the forefront. This narrative becomes the focus and completely leaves the original narrative behind. I also don't understand why they purposefully leave out information about the cases, besides to appease to the BLM narrative which is poor form when making a documentary. It's completely biased and is a shame because there was plenty to explore within these cases to let the viewer make decisions for themselves. Lastly, the cut scenes of police, SWAT and other special forces using violence against people (not only black people) is to completely exploit the viewer, which was unnecessary and actually doesn't fit either narrative that the doco presented.

My recommendation - just look up these cases through Wikipedia as there's more information ascertaining to them there and quite interesting.
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