BlackkKlansman (2018)

Directed by the legendary Spike Lee, this film is good but not as good as Do the Right Thing (1989), but you should watch it anyway.
Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) is the only African American on the Colorado Springs Police Force and some do not welcome him. His first job is in the records room but then is forced to go undercover to attend a rally arranged by the Black Student Union President, Patrice (Laura Harrier) from Colorado University. And from there, he continues and decides to infiltrate the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, though Klan is not a word that is uttered, instead calling it the organization. The members are downright nasty, hating blacks and Jews. The whole organization is downright disgusting. And Ron's boss is sceptacle about the whole thing. Obviously, a partner is needed. Enter white Ron Stallworth, aka Philip Zimmerman (Adam Driver) who enters this undercover assignment reluctantly but does give it his all, though his own life is potentially in danger as he is Jewish. While Ron watches at a distance, and takes photographs, Philip goes in to the house and meets the guys wearing a wire the whole time. White Ron and Felix (Jasper Paakkonen) argue over the Holocaust, Felix believes the whole thing is a hoax while Ron states that it is the most beautiful thing he's ever seen. Both of which are just awful and the worst. Eventually, Black Ron makes phone contact with David Duke (Topher Grace). David believes that because of Ron's perfect diction, he is speaking with a white man but he is fooled at the very end in an epic scene.
The film gets intense as Felix's wife, Connie (Ashlie Atkinson) goes to plant a bomb at Patrice's house during Ron's induction ceremony, the juxtaposition is epic. But White Ron's cover is nearly blown as one of the fellow members is someone whom Philip arrested a few years ago. Black Ron follows Connie to Patrice's house and as he tries to arrest her, another cop comes along and nearly arrests Ron and then the switch is flipped but the bomb was planted in Patrice's car, killing Felix and Ivanhoe (Paul Walter Hauser) and sending Connie to prison for some time. Ron is freed and then is able to get the corrupt cop, Landers (Frederick Weller) to confess to bigotry, among other things. Unfortunately, the ending falls slightly flat to me. Patrice decides that she cannot date the enemy, in this case, that enemy is Ron as a police officer but stands with him nevertheless as the arm themselves to answer the knocking at the door. Then it cuts to the actual scenes from Charlottesville, Virginia August, 2017 where one person was killed. That actual footage is far more violent than anything shown in the film. And that actually happened. There are still bigots out there.
Despite the film being set in the 70s, with completely accurate clothing, cars, sets and music, the film is shockingly relevant and many of the lines uttered are ones that could be heard in the news and perhaps that is the scariest part.
Now, the film is rather good despite the morbid subject matter, the acting is solid and the script is tight, with both humorous and dark moments, the film shows that sometimes justice is given but other times, it is not and nothing can be done to stop this, except speaking up to give the power to all the people. Grade: A-