I feel that this film really is a call to action. I would suspect that the deep underlying issues that this film raises is the reason this independent movie has seen such attention in the press (and the reason I watched it). Though the film's content is harsh and unrelenting the way the camera follows the action, the way in which this film was cut together, and the social questions it raises along with the controversy are quite an artistic accomplishment. To the reviewer who mentioned that this film has no artistic value, I would definitely have to disagree. When you watch this movie, you see it from Curtis Snow's perspective, who is a drug dealer, robbery boy who only knows the life he was born into. This is another found-footage film that veers into uncharted waters and takes a look without any moral judgement (like most Hollywood movies) of Atlanta's most dangerous hood, "The Bluff". I'm biased to "found footage" type films, and this is now one of my favorites, it's gonna be a good-add to my collection, next to my other crime-dramas. It's interesting to me that these filmmakers were able to get in, and get out alive.
This man is from the poorest area in Atlanta, I'm talking dirt poor, where people are raised in a violent drug filled world, little hope. His problems are not like mine, but for some reason I could actually relate to the "need to provide" themes in this movie. It was very realistic, and I really like how clever they were. Though I don't agree with all of the actions of Curtis Snow, this movie was kinda interesting. I live in the Westend area, which is only a few miles from "The Bluff" (the neighborhood this movie was shot in). I moved down to Atlanta for my job a few years ago, and I was instantly taken back by the difference in the way people live here. OK, I'll be honest, I'm a conservative middle aged woman from the Mid West area of the United States.
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