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December 4, 2015
At the Movies: Spike Lee's blistering ‘Chi-Raq' burns with rage
By JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer
AP Film Writer
| CHI-RAQ |
 Director: Spike Lee Cast: Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, Samuel Jackson, Wesley Snipes, John Cusack Rating: R Running time: 127 minutes |
More alive than most of the year's films put together, Spike Lee's “Chi-Raq” is urgent agitprop that pulsates with unalloyed rage for the “self-inflicted genocide” of South Chicago and explodes with full-hearted (and gloriously lewd) pleas for peace.
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