With an absolute transcendent performance from LaKeith Stanfield which totally makes up for the fact the film is a little underwritten. This follows the true story of Colin Warner just another to fall victim to persecution only dude to the way he looks. One thing leads to another wrong time wrong place scenario Colin finds himself wrongly convicted of murder, the type of crime Colin is not capable of. Nevertheless he is faced with a rather lengthy prison sentence for a crime he truly did not commit. You can only imagine before this film what it really may look like to have to endure prison knowing or a fact you don't belong there. His best friend Carl King knows the facts and devotes his life to somehow fins a way to prove Colin's innocence. Here we see yet another powerfully touching role here played by former cornerback in the NFL Nnamdi Asomugha believe it or not. Only having a few acting credits himself his performance was rather impressive and really personifies what it really means to be 'Best friends for life.' I also love the fact that the film really makes an effort to focus on the broken prison system exclusively as opposed to racial tones as at this point it's been shown so much racism is to be assumed at this point. Also shows great insight on the connection to the brokenness in also the judicial system and flat out Policing in general. The question remains if Carl has what it takes to find this 'Needle in a haystack' solution and can Colin survive a hell hole while living with the fact he shouldn't be there disallowing him to just fall in line.
Review of Crown Heights
