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Judas and the Black Messiah

  • 2021
  • R
  • 2h 6m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
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Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield in Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
FBI informant William O’Neal (LaKeith Stanfield) infiltrates the Illinois Black Panther Party and is tasked with keeping tabs on their charismatic leader, Chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya). A career thief, O’Neal revels in the danger of manipulating both his comrades and his handler, Special Agent Roy Mitchell (Jesse Plemons). Hampton’s political prowess grows just as he’s falling in love with fellow revolutionary Deborah Johnson (Dominique Fishback). Meanwhile, a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul. Will he align with the forces of good? Or subdue Hampton and The Panthers by any means, as FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover (Martin Sheen) commands?
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Offered a plea deal by the FBI, William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.Offered a plea deal by the FBI, William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.Offered a plea deal by the FBI, William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.

  • Director
    • Shaka King
  • Writers
    • Will Berson
    • Shaka King
    • Kenneth Lucas
  • Stars
    • LaKeith Stanfield
    • Daniel Kaluuya
    • Jesse Plemons
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    93K
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    • Director
      • Shaka King
    • Writers
      • Will Berson
      • Shaka King
      • Kenneth Lucas
    • Stars
      • LaKeith Stanfield
      • Daniel Kaluuya
      • Jesse Plemons
    • 407User reviews
    • 288Critic reviews
    • 84Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 2 Oscars
      • 45 wins & 89 nominations total

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    LaKeith Stanfield
    LaKeith Stanfield
    • Bill O'Neal
    Daniel Kaluuya
    Daniel Kaluuya
    • Fred Hampton
    Jesse Plemons
    Jesse Plemons
    • Roy Mitchell
    Dominique Fishback
    Dominique Fishback
    • Deborah Johnson
    Ashton Sanders
    Ashton Sanders
    • Jimmy Palmer
    Algee Smith
    Algee Smith
    • Jake Winters
    Darrell Britt-Gibson
    Darrell Britt-Gibson
    • Bobby Rush
    Lil Rel Howery
    Lil Rel Howery
    • Wayne
    Dominique Thorne
    Dominique Thorne
    • Judy Harmon
    Martin Sheen
    Martin Sheen
    • J. Edgar Hoover
    Amari Cheatom
    Amari Cheatom
    • Collins
    Khris Davis
    Khris Davis
    • Steel
    Ian Duff
    Ian Duff
    • Doc Satchel
    Caleb Eberhardt
    Caleb Eberhardt
    • Bob Lee
    Robert Longstreet
    Robert Longstreet
    • Leslie Carlyle
    Amber Chardae Robinson
    Amber Chardae Robinson
    • Betty Coachman
    Ikechukwu Ufomadu
    Ikechukwu Ufomadu
    • Walter Hicks
    James Udom
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      • Shaka King
    • Writers
      • Will Berson
      • Shaka King
      • Kenneth Lucas
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    • Trivia
      Director Shaka King has described the initial idea for the film as "The Departed (2006) inside the world of COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program)." He thought it was a clever way to "sort of Trojan-horse a Fred Hampton biopic and introduce the world, you know, a great segment of the world who is unaware of who he was, and is highly unaware of the Panthers' politics and ideology."
    • Goofs
      The movie's ending sequence includes an information card implying that William O'Neal committed suicide after his PBS interview aired, on 15 January 1990. That isn't accurate. The PBS series 'Eyes on the Prize' did debut on that date, but the O'Neal interview did not air until 9 February, three and a half weeks after O'Neal's suicide. No one knows why O'Neal chose kill himself on 15 January, and his family disputed that his traffic fatality was a suicide. They claimed it was an accident.
    • Quotes

      Fred Hampton: Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed

    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Priyanka Chopra Jonas/LaKeith Stanfield/Rob Gronkowski/Joy Oladokun (2021)
    • Soundtracks
      The Inflated Tear
      Written by Rahsaan Roland Kirk

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    READ THE MOVIE TITLE!!

    I haven't written a review in awhile, but felt compelled to do so because numerous reviews complaining about the movie as some sort of failed Fred Hampton biopic... The movie is titled JUDAS and the Black Messiah, in which we should all be able to discern who's whom, and understand why the movie isn't just about Fred Hampton, so all of you with your fake woke-ness can stop talking about how shallow this movie is or how they didn't do enough, and then counterintuitively discredit this accomplishment of a film about an important part of the U.S. history!
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    • Release date
      • February 12, 2021 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • HBOMAX
      • Official Facebook
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Jesus Was My Homeboy
    • Filming locations
      • Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    • Production companies
      • BRON Studios
      • Bron Creative
      • MACRO
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    • Budget
      • $26,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $5,478,009
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,027,076
      • Feb 14, 2021
    • Gross worldwide
      • $7,478,009
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 6 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Atmos
      • Dolby Surround 7.1
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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