Malcolm X

Maybe one of the greatest biopics oat. Malcolm X is a 3 and a half hour epic about the polarising, but brilliant civil rights activist Malcolm X who was assassinated by people he once called brothers in 1965. Spike Lee tells a pretty accurate story here and I think shows immense amounts of respect to the man and his many ups and downs in life. Denzel completely transforms into Malcolm, towards the end it’s hard to separate the two, with Malcolm and Denzel just merging until you forget it’s him and think it’s Malcolm, Probably helps however they share a small resemblance when Washington is done up in the costume and hair. It’s not an easy watch but does fly by for a film as long as the godfather part 2, I also think it’s a must watch for how biographical stories should be done and I love how it doesn’t really follow that formulaic biopic thing where it just jumps to when he’s famous immediately. A masterful film that Denzel should have won Best Actor for in 1993,