The Day Shall Come

8/12/2019

While ‘The Day Shall Come’ never takes its scathing satire to its limits, it’s an enjoyable romp that’s sure to divide audiences as much as it makes them laugh. The end credits are a chilling reminder of why films like this exist in the first place. - Ashley Teresa Read Ashley's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-the-day-shall-come-a-hilarious-take-on-a-flawed-system

10/31/2019

**_Not a patch on_ Four Lions_, but you can never go too far wrong with Chris Morris_** >_Americans are always at the mercy of the evil doers everywhere, including those distinctly in our midst with mayhem in mind. Our military is an under financed wreck, our Navy practically a set of dinghies, a Muslim is even in the White House, a malign climate-change movement is eager to destroy capitalism as we know it, women's bodies are enough of a danger to shut the government down, immigrants are potential terrorists or rapists, and so on and so forth through a litany of strangely woven fantasies a__nd factoids._ >[...] >_In this context, while the US military pursues its failing wars, interventions, and raids abroad, while the national security state develops ever more mechanisms for sno

5/30/2024

"Moses" (Marchánt Davis) is a preacher who runs a mission in Miami with his wife "Venus" (Danielle Brooks) trying to keep things legal and decent, but with cash pressures pressing, he finds himself embroiled in a complex FBI-devised plan to lure some half-baked revolutionaries to the fore whilst the well meaning "Moses" if left completely in the dark. Personally, I reckon that's the best place to be for this. Where was Eddie Murphy and/or Danny Glover? This wobbles along OK, but the attempts at satire are so swamped in a search for some form of anti-establishment acceptance that it loses much of it's sting and the comedy at times borders on the crass. I'm not as versed in the other work of Chris Morris as some, but perhaps that helped me be more objective when I saw this. Not sure it is ev