La Haine
1995
"I was 14-15 years old when I first watched this and was captured by the raw 'gutterness' of the film being in black and white, but the whole film had French subtitles and I couldn't understand a damn thing it was on about. I understood it more after re-watching it when I was 19 or 20 and could relate to how f*cked up the World was back in those days. A story set in the French 'burbs over a 24 hour span - three friends with a gun in their possession and a vow to kill a cop if their mate dies from Police beatings. The acting is so dope and it doesn't look fake at all. The actors play their parts like a ninja and kill every scene. Definitely worth the 98min run time. Instant classic in my opinion."




