Supremacy makes the mistake of relying
too heavily on the impact from the fact that the story was inspired by true
events, offering up a few contrived revelatory moments and an endless stream of
melodrama in favor of developed characters and compelling dialogue. The plot
may open the film up for discussion of real social issues, but instead falls
back on caricatures and contrived scenarios that can’t seem to make up its mind
between exploitation and message. Despite director Deon Taylor’s ability to get
convincing performances from most of his cast members, it is effort made in
vain within Eric J. Adams’ two-dimensional screenplay.
There are two
major issues with the screenplay, as I can see it. The first comes with the
plot, which contains the amount of material for a short film stretched to an
overwrought feature. Tully (Joe Anderson) is a member of the Aryan Nation and
is out of prison for less than one day when he kills a black police officer who
made the mistake of stopping him for a traffic violation. Partnered with a drug
addicted pen pal and white power advocate (Dawn Olivieri), Tully holes up in
the first home that he comes across. The house happens to belong to an ex-con
turned family man, Mr. Walker (Danny Glover), and this serves as a continuation
of further bigotry-infused dialogue that serves no discernable purpose within
the narrative.
With very little
actually occurring within the plot once the convict has invaded the Walker home
and taken the family hostage, the narrative occasionally flashes back to the
incident with the police officer, though it reveals nothing new in the
senseless flashbacks. At the same time, very little of importance happens
within the portion of the story taking place in the hostage situation. Nearly
two hours of gun-waving and shouting melodrama leads to one mildly compelling
scene of dialogue that is not nearly good enough to make the 111-minute
running-time justifiable. The entire supporting cast is ineffectually used to
pad the minimal plot, from the estranged Walker
The Blu-ray
release offers little to improve or enhance the film, either in the high
definition presentation or miniscule collection of extras. The special features
basically only contain a behind-the-scenes featurette, although a trailer is
also included.
Entertainment Value:
4/10
Quality of
Filmmaking: 4.5/10
Historical
Significance: 3/10
Special Features: 3/10
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