The old master Wu De gives his powerful magic sword to his student Li Laoquan. He send another one of his students, Zhao Bantian, away because of his unethical attitude. Ethic is, according to Wu De, the foundation of all martial arts. 30 years later Zhao returns to the village. He seems friendly but in fact his primary goals are to make money and be powerful in every way possible.
One Night in Miami... did not frame the racism and bigotry as something that could be solved by quality time spent between individuals. Instead, it featured four different legends of Black History together in one room disagreeing for about 2/3 of the film.
On top of the phenomenal acting, and great dialogue between the two characters, the cinematography was ravishing! The sound was outstanding! The production design was simple, yet intrinsic. The minimalistic approach in the Malibu beach house represented how little they really have going on in their relationship. The storyline may have been much simpler than "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf," but all the more insightful, and much more animalistic at its core.
The biggest highlight of the film is easily the performance of Andrew Garfield. In his days since hanging up his Spiderman suit, Garfield has routinely churned out great performances, and Mainstream is no exception. He proves that he is willing to try anything and go anywhere in a character.
April, a professional dancer, reluctantly trains a group of girls at a dance school for the dance competition.
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