La Haine

Id say this movie more than lives up to its praise. It's amazingly shot, the soundtrack was amazing, and the script is amazing. It's cool to see a non-american movie which critiques police brutality (especially against minorities from lower class backgrounds) and over policing. Sad it's a problem in a lot of so called "developed" countries though. Might be the case that European countries do a better job hiding their institutional racism. I loved the scene where Vinz can't shoot the skinhead. It's a reminder to the audience that these are still kids. Which makes the ending even more sad. The police in this movie are seen as an indestructible force that are inevitable and can do whatever they want to you and face no consequences. When the officer shot Vinz, even if he lived would've at worst been moved to a different district but realistically would've been promoted. Just like the cop who killed their friend or the ones who tortured Hubert and Saïd. Even sadder is how it is still relevant to this day. The police in America still kill minority (mostly black) children to this day even younger than Vinz and Hubert. The BLM protests were only a few years ago and not much has changed since then either. Not to be a doomer or whatever, but there really seems to be no way this ever gets fixed.