OUT 21 JULY NETFLIX
DIRECTOR Juel Taylor STARRING John Boyega, Teyonah Parris, Jamie Foxx, Kiefer Sutherland SCREENPLAY Tony Rettenmaier, Juel Taylor DISTRIBUTOR Netflix RUNNING TIME 122 mins
It’s in the water,’ someone says early in this directorial debut feature from Juel Taylor (co-writer of). Mashing up with , , , , , blaxploitation films, ‘ shit’ and more, is a race-conscious conspiracy caper at heart, spruced up with some zippy patter and a razor-sharp cast. Although the plotting could have used some sharpening, too, credit Taylor with this: he almost pulls off his ambitious, multi-referential clone job.
