The current movie competition is almost only whether the subject matter is remote enough and tricky. In this sense, the theme of "One Night in Miami" is quite predictable---- On the evening of February 25, 1964, the boxing that has not changed its name Wang Ali won his first heavyweight title. Instead of attending the celebration party, he spent the night hiding in a motel room with three old friends. The other three were by no means easy-going: black civil rights leader Malcolm X, spiritual king Sam Cooke, and football superstar Jim Brown. Yes, four blacks who were leading the charge at the time. The world doesn't know what they said that night, but the changes that took place after that night were astonishing: Ali announced his conversion to Islam, Sam Cooke wrote his first politically charged song, Jim Brown quit sports to join the film industry, The convenor of the meeting, Malcolm X, broke away from his political organization and was shot and killed by followers of the organization shortly after.
So this unusual night has an epoch-making significance, and it has become a creator's paradise. After that, there was the stage play "One Night in Miami", and then actress Regina King directed the stage play to the screen.
The night the movie recreates (or fictionalized) is the night of political awakening for Ali and Sam Cooke. Civil rights leader Malcolm X successfully converted these two brothers at the top of their fame and fortune, back to their original purpose of fighting for their race. The Civil Rights Movement added two more symbolic figures.
This seems to be an extremely politically correct idea, especially when racial conflicts are intensifying and the BLM movement is on the rise. But thinking about it, it feels wrong: Malcolm X, the same spiritual leader in the film, advocates radical violent revolution, which is the opposite of Martin Luther King, Jr. It has had an impact on the formation of the Black Panther Party, so it has been for many years. controversial for the world. In "One Night in Miami", he was almost rendered as a hero who sacrificed his life and an ideological mentor of an era, which is somewhat biased.
The movie is basically the style of the stage play, and the actors' performances and the director's scene scheduling are not bad. As the debut of a new director, this film is already quite good, but the political orientation behind it is indeed doubtful.
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