Review of 137 Shots

137 Shots (2021)
5/10
Two sided down the rabbit hole
10 January 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Well told real story, i believe from both sides. Engaging emotionally but unfortunately its bi-polar and poking the fires of both sides.

No 3rd side. I wish, it would have been totally better. Watching it from Europe, I am scratching my head thinking: this is a vicious loop. The whole time I was watching I was thinking TRAINING PEOPLE. T-R-A-I-N-I-N-G. It was hinted at some point that military training kicked-in in a violent situation, even if it became violent because the police spun it out of control. What is the training the police had? How did they perform against that? Make me a documentary like "Mayday"/"Air disasters"-like an NSTB investigation into an airplane crash. Stop just thinking its the fault of the pilot(officer) or the passengers(citizens). Look the other parts of the system. Where is the airline, the airport, the plane manufacturer, etc? What are the learnings? The legal/judicial side is barely touched. Nothing learned? Just racial vicious loop down the rabbit hole. What a shame, a lost oportunity to tell it differently, it could have been so much better.
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