Review: The Suspect (2013)

A very interesting film from director Stuart Connelly. Two African-American university professorssuspect conduct a sociological experiment in small towns of America to see whether local law enforcement will simply arrest the first black man they find.

To conduct this one of them robs a bank while the other wanders into town as the obvious perpetrator and then the psychological mind games begin. After they collect their results they move onto the next town and repeat the process. If you think I have just ruined the entire film for you, then think again because their turns out to be a lot more to it than just the experiment!

This looks like it might have been a stage play at some point, it contains lengthy and intricate dialogues that flesh out the central themes of the film which make it very much a presentation piece despite it having a quite tricky and twisting narrative as well.

 

 

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