Yes, yes deep social commentary with Boyega and his gang.
Yes yes they have a tough life.
But if you, as a large teenage boy, think that surrounding a lone woman in a dark alley, pulling a knife on her, and stealing her stuff is a good way to get by, then you have very little redeeming qualities.
After brutalising the blameless woman, they then attack a creature that fell from the sky and lashes out in fear and anger. They surround it and kill it, mercilessly.
And I get it. Boyega is supposed to have hidden depths and reasons for being the nasty little sod that he is. But I don't care what they are.
Because he's a killer and a man who brutalises lone women with five of his mates. In a world where women face enough horror in their daily life.
Them "making up for it" by "defending their block" doesn't make up for them being evil little sods.
And honestly, the aliens don't seem to show much intelligence a lot of the time, instead acting like scared animals in the wrong place.
So, sod Boyega's character in this film. And sod any other kid that thinks attacking lone ladies in the dark is fun or a good way to earn money.
Yes yes they have a tough life.
But if you, as a large teenage boy, think that surrounding a lone woman in a dark alley, pulling a knife on her, and stealing her stuff is a good way to get by, then you have very little redeeming qualities.
After brutalising the blameless woman, they then attack a creature that fell from the sky and lashes out in fear and anger. They surround it and kill it, mercilessly.
And I get it. Boyega is supposed to have hidden depths and reasons for being the nasty little sod that he is. But I don't care what they are.
Because he's a killer and a man who brutalises lone women with five of his mates. In a world where women face enough horror in their daily life.
Them "making up for it" by "defending their block" doesn't make up for them being evil little sods.
And honestly, the aliens don't seem to show much intelligence a lot of the time, instead acting like scared animals in the wrong place.
So, sod Boyega's character in this film. And sod any other kid that thinks attacking lone ladies in the dark is fun or a good way to earn money.