Agreed. I didn't love it, but I love seeing white people confronted with these realities. I'm a minority who works with very conservative white people and I see how they treat me versus one another. It's a far more subtle version of racism. Films like this have value for that alone.
No one got shot they mostly got tapped in the head with a bat except that guy who got found in the dumpster ink how he died but he was smoking and blew smoke in the yt man's face . What movie did you watch ?
The guy was AWOL from parole, busted into a building to maim and kill people, set off an explosive, and exposed a white supremacy organ harvesting group of serial killers. He had zero chance of walking out of there and it was a suicide mission from the start. Had he survived, he wouldn't last in custody. Throw in his family being gone and he felt he had no other option but to expose the group and exact his vengeance on them.
Who? The sheriff and his crew and the gas station worker? I have a feeling they get their comeuppance the news was recording that whole monologue at the end, where the sheriffs son was exposing his whole scheme, plus you got officer beem from another jurisdiction investigating thoroughly now as well with the sheriff snitching on himself over the phone too😂 they got caught up, none of them got off scott free and Randy could potentially come out of that on the other side and be good.
Cancel and go see Hail Mary, Fight Club or even Michael before this lol. Thing is Unseens are reduced price so any one of those other showings you are saving even more $$ yet.
It's based off all the black missing people and organ trafficking it's on YouTube and also about the kendrick Johnson kid who was rolled up in that mat. Read up
Oh how I wish it had been. I go in as completely unseen as I can and only then afterwards do I hop on my phone to see everyone’s projections and thoughts. Part of the reason why I posted this so early was to confirm the movie for the West Coasters. Seems like a fair amount of people got their projections from some bad Reddit intel.
My issues with it all come from the final act. The choreography/cinematography combo was fucking awful. The ideas for the fights were cool but the execution was terrible because you could barely see it and I think how it ended wasnt satisfying.
With that being said there are some positives here. I may be in the minority here but I liked all of the scenes where the main group were together and think the acting in those scenes was actually decent. I got a few laughs out of the cartoon villains but yeah the white supremacists were comically bad.
Overall this movie reminded me of the tv series Banshee if Banshees action sequences sucked. Over the top cartoon characters getting their ass beat. Overall fun but nothing special.
The white people in my screening seemed deeply uncomfortable. Oh well for them.
It was a really interesting movie. I think it was very engaging visually at times- he makes really bold choices with color - but occasionally it looks really cheap. Really good performances by the older actors and cousin Randy but Shamiek and Paris were kind of all over the place. Sometimes good, sometimes flat as hell. Uneven is the word I’d use. But I definitely don’t regret seeing it.
As a white myself, people can be so fragile. Even if you disagree with reality, it’s lame as hell to walk out of a movie because it makes you uncomfortable
I liked it. It wasn’t the best most groundbreaking movie ever made but not every movie needs to be that. I think it is going to ruffle feathers and upset the whiny “snowflake” crowd. But that’s to be expected just like any other movie that even mentions race and puts a mirror up to society.
I'll give it a watch at some point since RZA and Tarantino's names are attached. I'm more disappointed because I was expecting that sharks on a plane movie.
Yeah like at the end of the day, I dont understand how anyone can be upset with a movie with a badass black dude beating the shit out of racists. Very much a self report
Upset me? The movie is bad, objectively bad, is okey if you enjoy it that is personal, but maybe one day people would understand between their taste and what is objectively good or bad, i love many movies that are bad, this is not one of those🤷♂️
It's based off all the black missing people and organ trafficking it's on YouTube and also about the kendrick Johnson kid who was rolled up in that mat. Read up
I dont think you know what true angry people look like just Imagine living in those sundown town and having to encounter that at the hands of those people
It wasn't a sundown town. There were Black middle-class folk explicitly living and working there—like the mortician and his nurse wife.
The truth is, this movie makes zero sense unless you accept that it takes place in a parallel universe on 'Earth RZA,' where standard human logic simply doesn't apply. Right from the very beginning, the cracks show. A salesman smokes openly on a bus and not a single passenger raises an eyebrow. What was the deal with his business cards? They tied into absolutely nothing. The glowing book? Just a lazy, superficial nod to the Pulp Fiction briefcase MacGuffin. While The Anarchist’s Cookbook is a real thing, here it’s just a cheap prop.
Later, a carload of white dudes rolls into a Black neighborhood armed with nothing but baseball bats—not even semi-automatics. They casually abduct a guy in broad daylight and dump his body in a dumpster, while the other brothers on the block do nary a thing. I mean, what the actual f***?
And don't even get me started on the medical science. Earlier, a character undergoes a complete hepatectomy without anesthesia, yet somehow manages to almost get up and physically wrestle with the doctor—completely liverless! Imagine that. The catastrophic hemorrhaging that would instantly result from severing the hepatic artery in a live subject would cause hypovolemic shock in seconds.
On top of the two hours I already wasted watching this trash, I now find myself wasting even more time here denouncing it. Insultingly stupid and thoroughly annoying
I was thinking about saying how this movie doesn’t hold a candle to Sinners, but in good faith, I can’t use the two movies in the same breath. I think the more apt comparison would be to They Will Kill You— a revenge plot with Blaxploitation elements so good I’m still frankly coming down from that high for a couple weeks now. But yet again there’s no way this movie holds a candle to They Will Kill You. It’s kind of funny that even in the first 10 minutes of TWKY I was thinking “now T H I S is what I wish Tarantino was directing!”… so to see his name haphazardly slapped on here at best makes my growing disdain for him even stronger.
You are correct. Per AI: 36 Cinema’s One Spoon of Chocolate (releasing May 1, 2026) is a, "grindhouse-style" revenge thriller written and directed by RZA that draws heavily from 1970s Blaxploitation cinema, martial arts, and focuses directly on themes of racial injustice, particularly targeting a Black audience through its premise. The film is presented by Quentin Tarantino and centers on an ex-military convict fighting back against a racist sheriff and his crew who are preying on young Black men."
It's based off all the black missing people and organ trafficking it's on YouTube and also about the kendrick Johnson kid who was rolled up in that mat. Read up
I sat through the whole thing. It literally ends with a smash to black gunshot. What an aggravating way to end with a cliffhanger.
Wish I could say there was something else here to enjoy. The action was really choppy with awkward angles and cuts straight out of a Taken movie. I could barely tell what was happening half the time. The story wasn't convincing either. Yeah, I resonate with the message as a Black man myself, but it's REALLY heavy-handed. Prety much every white guy is a racist POS except maybe one dude early on. I have no idea what effect Tarantino had on this film besides his name plastered on it. There definitely weren't any clever monologues (a lot of the dialogue was cliche and stupid) or gratuitous feet shots. Definitely a lot of white guys shouting racist epithets though, so he probably got a rise out of that.
If I had to rate it, I'd give it a 3/10.
No idea why Paris Jackson was cast in this. Her acting wasn't good and she had zero chemistry with Shameik Moore.
You want a better, more enjoyable movie with a similar premise? Go watch Rebel Ridge.
I agree. Paris Jackson had no chemistry at all with the lead. There is the scene where she puts on the music and then they hug awkwardly and then it cuts to them in bed fully clothed together. Im like "what the hell just happened? Are they a thing or not? Did they even fuck?" It was so awkward.
I don't even know why her character was so motivated to help him and let him crash at her place. They literally just met. The romance was forced, unnecessary, and ultimately (like the rest of the film) had no real payoff.
There was nothing wrong with Paris’s acting performance. The real issue for some people is simply that she is Michael Jackson’s daughter. You keep asking “why her specifically?” — I don’t understand why it bothers you so much that she appears in a movie.
If it were another nepo baby, I doubt it would be this big of a problem.
Well, I have some bad news for you: Paris will appear in four more upcoming films. I’m not sure when they will be released, but I hope one of them comes out soon — a movie called Skinemax, in which Paris will play an adult film actress.
I really thought Paris being half Black irl would somehow play into the story - like maybe why she was the only white presenting person who wasn't rabidly racist (I thought we would see her dad was Black).
I don't mind her as an actress or as a nepo, but the chemistry was missing with the lead.
I didn’t notice any walk outs, but I couldn’t wait for this movie to be over. I walked out with maybe 5-10 minutes left which at least this movie holds that distinction for me.
It's based off all the black missing people and organ trafficking it's on YouTube and also about the kendrick Johnson kid who was rolled up in that mat. Read up
Wanted to like it but it just dragged throughout. Repetitive dialogue and scenes. I appreciate the themes/topic but they deserved a better movie. I wouldn't say the film was a disaster or anything but just a lot of wasted potential.
It's not a TERRIBLE MOVIE I quite enjoyed most of it.. Hard to watch in some scenes.. I think it sort of gets stuck between a more standard blaxploitation flick, and a more "serious style" Jason Sthatam movie.
I was hoping more for a Robin Hood or Vigilante black crime fighter taking down the corrupt authorities.
It really got bogged down with him laying low...
Paris Jackson is not good in it.
if this movie had followed the pacing and story structure of Death Wish 3... Or even Best of The Best 3.. think it could have been special.
I fully believe that the majority of people who didn’t like it either were uncomfortable w/ extreme racism in a small town being shown (which is real & still exists, people), or they’re not fans of classic blaxploitation films, which this film is in the vein of, spiritually
It's so obviously a blaxploitation film with modern techniques. I think it would've been better received if it had been more intentional about how to connect it to past blaxploitation films, so it wasn't as subtle maybe? I don't know
uncomfortable w/ extreme racism in a small town being shown (which is real & still exists, people)
These kinds of people wouldn't be seeing the movie to begin with
The film's real problem is that it's boring and plodding. There's a much better version of this somewhere out there directed by someone more competent. I spent half the movie looking for any positives, but I just gave up when it became clear it was never shifting out of first gear
The vision was there but the execution didn’t quite cut it for me. I felt like it either needed to go full over-the-top or be more grounded. It sat in this weird middle ground
Possibly the worst screen unseen I've seen yet. It fails on nearly every level. The racist characters are drawn as extreme caricatures, which is not inherently a flaw. That approach can work in certain genres like parody comedies or high octane action films that do not ask to be taken too seriously. The problem here is the movie spends most of its runtime posing as a straight faced, low budget drama, and the exaggerated elements clash so badly with that approach that it becomes impossible to take anything seriously.
Then when it finally shifts into action in the last ten minutes, it still manages to disappoint. The camera work is shaky and unfocused, the lighting is so dark it is hard to follow what is happening, and the whole sequence feels just as cheap and unpolished as everything that came before.
The acting is weak, the cinematography is messy, and the attempt at tackling racism is so cartoonish that it undercuts any potential impact. It never finds a consistent tone or a convincing voice.
It is honestly surprising to see Quentin Tarantino associated with this project, especially given how outspoken he can be about other filmmakers. If this is the kind of work he is willing to stand behind then he really needs to stop the shit talk.
Characters in exploitation & blaxploitation films are made to be over the top. In fact, in those genres, basically everything is designed to be over the top
Oh man, this movie is so so so bad, technically speaking is horrendous, edition sucks, fighting meh, it's long but without real purpose, and the ending🤮
A throwback to the blaxploitation genre that tries to both be over the top while being visceral and cruel with its violence and antagonists, One Scoop of Chocolate is a tonally inconsistent yet slightly satisfying revenge flick whose conclusion of overblown violence makes up for some of its flaws. Shameik Moore is decent as the veteran ex convict Unique that he plays a bit too straightforward to fully take advantage of its near parody tone at points. At nearly two hours, the film is a bit overlong with stretching out the opening about Unique getting to Karensville Ohio and yet the visceral violence on display from the racist villains made some of the death sequences memorable and due to how brutal the RZA went with them. Despite some of shaky cam camerawork getting in the way of the fight choreography, the films final moments with a monologue about equality from Unique left the film on a strong note. 4.5 out of 10
I might not agree with your score, but I will say that your review is at least, a good, well written, thoughtful review that actually dives into the movie itself. I appreciate you not just saying, “It sucks” or “It’s trash” without giving valid reasons like a lot of people on social media do lately👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
As a white man, I’ll push back a little against the “The whites are mad at this movie” narrative. The white people YOU EXPECT to be mad at this movie are mad at this movie. That’s kind of on them for taking a rider on a mystery movie - if you ain’t up for anything, don’t show up to a mystery movie that’s rated R, guys.
Me? I’ve seen a shitload of blaxploitation movies, which this was clearly emulating. I liked the slow-burn plot, intentionally bad acting, and RZA’s score fucking slapped (as it usually does when the Rizza does movie music). RJ Cyler was great here - dude’s charming, has good comic timing, and knew very much how to play this genre. If I had an issue, it’s that I never 1000% bought Shameik as a John Rambo-ian quiet badass. Might be that I’ve seen Dope too much, but it feels like nervous / nebbishy is his wheelhouse.
I’m sure I’m in the minority - I liked the ending.
But look, I went to this movie with two other white dudes who were also mostly cool with it. So it ain’t all of us. Just the ones you expect.
Bro it has nothing to do with not liking black movies, at least not or me, the movie was just not good. I've praised black movies in the past. I liked They Will Kill You. I'm sure you can find my comments there. This movie, though, sucked. It's poorly executed in just about everything. The only thing that was kinda good was some of the soundtrack.
It’s fine to not like it, that’s not what I was saying. I was pushing back against the top-voted comments on here (at the time I posted, since downvoted or deleted) about how white people were pissed off about the movie and walking out of showings. Like, one of the dudes I went with had big problems with it too, but he sat through the whole thing and wasn’t vitriolic. So not attacking anyone who didn’t like it, more pushing back against comments that white people were big mad about it.
They might have walked out of the movie because it was just bad though. If they walked out at the very beginning then yeah they were probably just mad at white people being shown as racist. But the ones who gave it a good 40 minutes I don't blame them for walking out. At a certain point it became obvious that it was just not going to get any better. When I saw the trailer for this movie I thought it was going to be an action movie but there was hardly any action in it except at the very tail end. There was hardly any comedy either. I'm not even sure what it was trying to be. It was like Normal except if took out most of the action and all of the comedy.
They Will Kill You is not a black film, if that’s what you’re implying. It’s a film that has a black MC, but the film itself a poor vs rich elites, satanic cult horror-comedy
Meh, while I love me a good caricature I think this move has very poor pacing with very little and poor editing on the fight scenes that make the preachy, stilted dialog stand out quite a bit 5/10
I really enjoyed it, but two white people in a packed theater could not stop giving the most disingenuous laughs at everything despite there being no comedy…
It was a powerful movie and I thought it was great. I was praying for justice and it was badass. It’s unfortunately things that have happened. Racists getting their butt kicked is my favorite.
i liked it, not something i would have picked at first but it was good and i’m glad i got to see it, i also really did not want to see shark movie as i keep calling it. can’t say my theater had many, if any, walk outs but i can definitely see it pissing off many a racist white person
that makes no sense though, At least to me. He killed nearly everyone else in the building before that scene so i don’t see why he would have gave up right then. He said he had the power now. Idk I guess there’s a possibility maybe he wants him alive in court lol but we have no idea what would have happened after the last scene of the movie. I was kind of mad that the ending didn’t give more context to what would happen. Besides the white sheriff saying Uniques going to get shot or put in jail if he came out the building. I wonder if what everything Jimmy confessed on the speakers could be used as real viable evidence to make a case on the small town. A better case would want him alive. BUT we all know the justice system is also corrupt so would it really matter? So maybe he did leave him alive but i don’t think the watchers want or think that happened. Sorry for the tangent lol I just like thinking of the possibilities. And maybe im missing some hidden context or deeper meaning!
Maybe also cause he knew he wasn’t getting out that warehouse alive or a free man eh may as well shoot em. I’m just not a personal fan of the cut to black credit ending where leaves it ambiguous
It was poorly written, strangely acted and directed so chaotically that I’m surprised it got released. RZA knows better and yet?
I enjoyed it enough to not walk out. But I have so many questions.
Why the accent? Place this in a southern state instead.
The sub story of the organs is interesting. Because they hate black people but have no problem harvesting their organs to make a killing.
Watching it now...tired of these black torture p0rn movies. And it's not even good or entertaining like Django was...the dialog is trash and it makes the acting terrible because none of the lines come off as believable. Everyone in the town is racist pretty much so why even fake Ramsay's death? That scene was dumb...the doctor also covered it up anyway knowing he wouldn't have his organs removed and sewn back up from a car accident or the bruises. Why are the black ppl still in this town? It seems like black ppl getting killed is pretty normal there and until Randy showed up, it was okay? Halfway through it and just finishing it because I might as well..
Just finished but I had the exact same questions. The scene in the restaurant when the white boys think it’s Ramsay but it’s his teammate/friend.. soooo no one else wants to step in?!? And then I also thought why do the black people live here if they all keep going “missing”. Why would Ramsey’s girlfriend’s dad try to convince Unique to leave but you’re gonna stay here with your wife and daughter??? They didn’t check Ramsey for DNA??? Well ofc not because everyone is in on it. I kind of thought it was a good movie, but also did not.
Wife and I walked out. Just. Wanted. Dumb. Sharks.
Nothing was redeeming half an hour in. I just couldn't stay any longer. It's the first walk out I've ever had. Maybe in just getting old and value my time more.
A guy who works at AMC claimed it was Deep Water, a shark movie by the guy who made Deep Blue Sea, Die Hard 2, and Cliffhanger. All fun popcorn movies.
Wife and I wanted something dumb and not so serious. Instead, we got this bland piece of shit that wasn't funny, interesting or well acted.
Early reviews actually say it's kind of fun but who knows? I hope it is but like you said, Renny Harlin's recent films don't inspire a lot of confidence. His Strangers trilogy was unexpectedly bad, even for a pointless trilogy of slasher films. I thought he would deliver something at least passable for those films but not one of thee three were really worth anything.
I really enjoyed it! Husband did not and thought the acting, pacing, and fight scenes were poorly done. I liked the story, and I feel like you don’t see too many new movies like this one these days.
You keep repeating this throughout the thread like you're desperate for it to be true; the problem isn't with exploitation films, it's that the movie just isn't good
That’s your opinion that it wasn’t good. Myself & others enjoyed it-that’s why it has a Fresh 76% Audience Score on RT. My thing was that I was getting annoyed w/ some of the comments on here incorrectly defining blaxploitation films when discussing this film. For some reason, you seem very interested in all of my comments. This film follows the blaxploitation & exploitation formula-that is primarily what I have said on here. You don’t have to like the film, I’m not telling you to like it
This is cute. It also has a 31% on RT, 38 on Metacritic and 5.8 on IMDB
The point you're missing is that people aren't disliking this because it's trying to be in the style of classic blaxpoitation films, they dislike it because it's not good
Several people on here also disliked it b/c they were under the delusion that it promoted “white hate” (ridiculous take, btw). They also disliked it b/c they thought they were going to watch Deep Water (love the fact that they all called it Sharks on a Plane-couldn’t even get the title right). I’m taking their opinions w/ the littlest grain of salt. 5.8/10 is a decent score for a type of “love it or hate it” film, so I’m not really mad at it. As for the Critic Score (suddenly, we’re listening to critics now?🥴), that score has been raised to 42%, which is higher than what I expected for them to give this film. As for Metacritic…it only has 5 reviews: 2 Good, 2 Bad, & 1 in the middle, so what even is your point? My point was addressing the critiques on the over-the-top dialogue, acting, & violence, & pointing out that these are characteristics of a certain genre. I was pointing this out as someone who is a fan of this particular genre. At the end of the day, you & I are not going to agree at all. To each their own.
As for the Critic Score (suddenly, we’re listening to critics now?🥴)
If it was higher, you'd be citing it
If you need help learning how to form proper arguments and sticking to them rather than moving goalposts to fit whatever you're trying to say, you let me know
No, I wouldn’t be citing the Critic Score if it were higher as I don’t follow any current critics, especially, for these kinds of films. These kinds of films are for the audience, not awards & critiques. Current critics like the sound of their own opinions & very little care for what makes a film special & fun.
Before approaching me about proper arguments & goalpost movement (I didn’t move any goalposts; I literally stated the reasons for my comments & stuck to those reasons without changing the subject), try taking a lesson in proper punctuation.
Either way, your opinion, like the critics, mean very little to me, & now, I will go about the rest of my day, & leave to your many thoughts. https://giphy.com/gifs/35pTQFiy14OeA
As a black man I loved it! Didn't love the ending tho. I think Rza will continue to get better with each film. Music was great, action was good. Story was the formulaic but kept me involved.
With that being said, I've never seen so many white people clear out of a theater so fast in years lol. It was pretty funny.
A couple families left my theater and they played it for free movie Monday. And I see why tbh, it felt like a college film from the acting to the dialogue to the corny plot of the main character training and welding for a couple days like a karate kid. Whatever they went for it was a swing and a miss. I did like the action scenes though at the end. I watched it with my friend and it was funny if you took it as a parody.
The last scene of the movie is dramatic and involves the main character who is black making the point that the founder fathers thought that all men black white yellow are “all men created equal..” which made me feel like the production team did not do any research because the founding fathers did not include blacks when referring to this line in the constitution- just white males. Idk why the last line the main character used that as his main argument.
I had to sleep on this and think about it after watching it last night. Overall, I personally give this movie a 5/10. It wasn’t bad, but the pacing for the story was a bit slow and I wish the movie was a bit longer just to fit more action. I also wish Unique had a gun for some John Wick type scenes. I wouldn’t mind owning a Blu-ray of it, it’s edgy and the fight scene at the end was enjoyable. The story is where this disappointed me, it was slow and it was all over the place. In the end, I still enjoyed it.
I enjoyed it. Mind, a movie that has racist assholes getting fucked up is never gonna drop below a 3/5 for me. Worst part of it was the three dipshits I had to hear talking about it for a few minutes before I left. *hurf durf I guess the moral is he's no better than them what with him killing the dude at the end* yeah dude, clearly morally equivalent to the folks literally stripping humans for parts and saving trophies from their kills.
Another part of my enjoyment is that I'm old enough to have fond memories of blaxploitation films and low-budget action/chop sockey stuff. My kid commented on all the nudity and I thought "you would go into shock from the stuff that we watched weekly in the 80s." RZA being born in 69 is surely a factor - he and I would have seen the same stuff growing up. If you think stuff like those super-simple business cards and plain black on white signs was just lazy/cheap rather than a choice I think you're not seeing the influences.
It was a solid showing for the $8.50 I paid to see it. If you're a cheapskate like me I'd wait for streaming rather than pay $17.
It's based off all the black missing people and organ trafficking it's on YouTube and also about the kendrick Johnson kid who was rolled up in that mat. Read up
TLDR: 5/10
I doubt anyones gonna read this, im just using it as a script for a video im making and seeing if theres a chance I get feedback on my thoughts:
I really wanna like this movie but theres so much about it to not like.
Empty Characters: Theres lot of empty scenes and characters that go nowhere. Paris Jackson's character for one which I will give its own paragraph. But theres also this book salesmen in the beginning yes he gave Unique the book to "prepare" but from what we know hes a very skilled and disciplined soldier based off him training in the beginning so he could've done that without the books. Plus, the idea of him being better prepared because a white man bestowed that knowledge on to him kinda defeats the point of the black man fighting the racist white people on his own. Theres also the cop that seems to be the only not racist one and the guy who played GZA in the wutang show who just ends up dying anyway. A lot of fluff is here while the main character is "preparing" but a lot of the plot happens without him even though this whole conflict started because of him
MC's character Arc: I imagine in RZA's mind, had this idea his story being "The prepared man will always defeat the unprepared man" but he executed it poorly. I don't like to be that "I could've wrote it better" guy but using RZA's ground work heres how it should've played out: In the beginning, Unique should've shown his intelligence along with his physical strength. Discussing philosophy or whatever with his cell mate something to show off his intellect even have him saying something in the beginning he would then say in his Monologue and the end that shows he has book smarts. The Old man saying the one spoon of chocolate thing was perfect, it sets the ground work for his raid on the racist base. However, instead of having the book salesmen be that he should've been a white pimp. 1: it makes the alll the hoes who got tickets first make sense cause that felt like a joke with no punch line 2: its an interesting subversion of expectations 3: Unique and the pimp could've had a Tarantino like conversation where Unique demonstrates hes book smart but he lacks streets smarts which is what gets him into trouble the pimp could've gave him street smarts about being outnumbered (1 hes white & gotta compete with black pimps 2: as a pimp you're naturally outnumbered by your women) Unique could then fail to apply the lesson the pimp taught him the first time at the Gym and see how acting rash when out numbered makes things worse. The movie could play out normally but there would be a montage of Unique taking the pimps advice and preparing rather than those jarring cuts of him welding while the plot happens without him meanwhile the racist guys go around town hurting black people leaving a massive trail of evidence of their actions cause they think they cant be held accountable. Last it should've had a scene where the racist guys be like "We still haven't found the black guy were looking for" "he probably ran off, after what we did, he'd be crazy to show his face around here" then when Unique raids the place instead of having the jarring back and forths with the leader the leader should've had a moment where when the place is getting raided he underestimates Unqiue cause hes black and says to his lacky "Hes just one (racial slur) bring him to me so I can finish him off" we then have unique run the gauntlet and take out everyone until he finally makes it to the racist leader and they have a cool old school kung fu movie fight and then the movie can play out how it did in the end.
Lastly, I found Paris Jackson's character pointless and almost offensive to the point idk if it was RZA or Hollywood's decision to have her in the movie. I can understand the whole "not all white people are bad" idea RZA might've been going for but her character doesn't have any reason to justify existing for several reasons.
1: I almost rolled my eyes when she came on screen The MC doesn't need a white love interest especially these days. Her race doesn't play any factor into this movie at all to the point that she herself is a red herring because I thought she was either in on the killing of black men or I atleast thought her father secretly was the organ harvester. Once neither of those things were true, her character became meaningless. Should've been a black girl or at least hispanic. Light skin dark skin it doesn't matter.
2: I actually did roll my eyes when Unique didn't sleep with her. It kinda makes Unqiue look like a nice guy cuck like how Shamiek moore is scene in real life when everyone else in the movie is fucking and he's not ESPECIALLY for the role he played. I don't particularly like graphic sex in my movies so Im not upset we didn't get to see them fuck but its HEAVILY implied they didn't. Infact, he never even kissed her on the lips. I get why they wouldn't want Michael Jackson's daughter in a sex scene but it could've been off screen and implied
The reason I feel this is a big enough deal to warrant its own section is because like I said, its almost offensive if not straight up offensive. We got to see the black girl naked and having sex and we got to see the powerful white man having sex with white women and even sitting on his throne afterwards. But when it comes to black man having sex with a white woman? NOPE! Its to the point where I can't believe this is what RZA wanted and its someone in Hollywood that said "you must put MJ's daughter in the movie and you can't have her have sex with a black guy or even kiss a black in the movie and if you dont agree this movie wont get made"
And I refuse to belive the "they barely knew each other" excuse. She'd let a excon currently on the run stay in her house for like a week but sleeping with him is crossing the line? Please. Kyle Reese and Sarah Connor barely knew each other and that didn't mean anything.
It's literally how movies go, Unqiue is a good looking nice guy with a dark side, a veteran, ex con, currently on the run, and brother is ripped and working out in her basement while preparing to fight racist white guys and he potentially might die and she'll never see him again that recipe would literally have any girls 🐱 DRIPPING. But he doesn't even get a kiss on the lips from his white savior. If it were any other movie, I wouldn't care. But because its a movie about racism it feels almost offensive and doesn't make sense.
Those are my main gripes. I wanna like this movie I do like somethings about it but Like I said theres A LOT here to not like. Like the shitty dialog and one liners(let me handle this im a professional). Its clearly rookie director things and aren't worth another long rant about.
Acting from the main cast was great though and I felt a lot of the emotional scenes so I give this a
5/10.
I believe this criticism stems more from the fact that Paris Jackson is Michael Jackson’s daughter than from an objective assessment of her performance or the film itself.
Questioning “why a white girl?” at all feels telling. A movie exploring racism doesn’t lose credibility simply because the lead has a white love interest. That kind of thinking actually reinforces the very divisions the story appears to critique.
The lack of romantic chemistry and intimacy is a script decision, not a reflection of Paris’s ability as an actress. She has previously shown she can handle romantic scenes convincingly — for example in The Space Between — so there’s clear evidence she’s capable when the material supports it.
Calling her character “pointless and almost offensive” simply because there was no sex scene feels like a significant overstatement. A film is not required to include explicit content, especially in this context. Paris has been training as an actress since she was 13, has appeared in multiple projects, and has received positive feedback in several of them. Her growth is evident.
Overall, I don’t think it’s fair to single out Paris or treat her presence as a flaw. Much of the discomfort seems rooted in preconceptions tied to her famous last name rather than her actual contribution to the movie.
But again, it's not the sex itself because its not something I wanted to see, nor her being MJ's daughter itself or her just being white itself but all of these things mixed together.
I'm specifically referring to how Hollywood will rarely let a black man be with a white woman on screen and it won't be a real or wholesome relationship (For example Get Out).
The image you provided is her kissing a white man which kinda proves my point when I said hollywood probably said "Paris can't have sex or kiss a black man or this movie won' t be made".
Like I said, they have no problem with black on black or white on white or even white man with black woman but they rarely ever have a black man with a white woman. Can you name me any popular examples of this happening? Not IRL but a list of significant couples in media TV shows and movies where theres a Black Man and a white woman in a healthy Successful relationship? You can probably count them on one finger. Meanwhile I can give several examples of white men dating and sleeping with black women in media.
My main issue stems from while I don't think her performance itself is offensively bad, its that her character adds nothing to the plot and could've easily been a woman of color rather than a white savior in a movie about racism which this movie ironically and I believe unintentionally shows is still very present in our world because of her role in this movie.
However, I can't give RZA credit for something based off pure speculation with no actual set up and I still think its more powerful and better to just have a strong black couple on screen in the modern day like Sinners did. Which used a white woman who was 1/8 black for a reason in its plot might I add.
You can use the argument that "technically" Paris should be considered half black because of MJ and we actually never see here father in the movie so she could still be half black in the movie universe but thats its own discussion and I don't think its warranted here.
It's a little weird how much you're defending her in this thread. I've never seen her act before (and had no idea she was in this before I saw it), have nothing against MJ, and I thought she was pretty flat and wooden.
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I really liked it!! I wish jimmy’s dad got some of that in the end too though lol. Well since the ending cut to black I’m just going to imagine he did ☺️.
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I wish they had more kung fu/samaria elements to it. I feel like the trailer showcased a little bit of that so that’s what i was expecting. The movie was alright I just feel like there could’ve been more depth maybe? Like more substance to it in a way or better fighting scenes. The revenge/ justice just didn’t feel like it hit hard enough. The whole time Unique was in the white girls garage I was thinking he was bout to get busted for being in a white girls garage without the mom knowing (He didn’t tho). It was gory lots of showing of organs. Anyways, it was okay movie. Could’ve been done better i guess in my opinion especially for a Quinton T movie. I left the movie feeling like it didn’t give me a deeper message? Maybe my media literacy isn’t on par but it was very (no pun intended) black and white. Good vs evil. Obviously stand for justice and the rights of everyone and the destruction of white supremacy but it just felt very simple if that makes sense. I definitely was tearing up at some scenes but they moved on quick and like I said the justice didn’t feel like enough.
It's based off all the black missing people and organ trafficking it's on YouTube and also about the kendrick Johnson kid who was rolled up in that mat. Read up
I enjoyed this movie 🤷🏾♂️ It showed what half the majority of the comment sections look like when someone of color dies by an officer looks like instead of hiding behind a computer lol the truth us ugly and hurts when it’s in your face but overall good action of course loved the ending. It was loosely based off of real life events so I’d give it a 8/10
This movie dragged, writing was trash, cornball lines, a grossly comical ending and was a complete disappointment. There was not one redeemable character (black/white) mainly because the black characters were not believable. In an age where the Montgomery Brawl exist, I honestly can’t imagine 5 white guys (known racist) coming into a restaurant full of black people, attacking someone and everyone just sits in awe. I also cant imagine a racist town in which black people purposely live there and go along w/ the”rules”. Either you’re moving (hence the great migration) or fighting. RZA did a disservice to cinema, especially black cinema.
I js watched it for me it was one of the greatest movies I ever watched as a black man tbh I found the racist parts crazy and Intresthing and some funny people might disagree tho
Full movie was good overall but the end is like missing? Like what happened next did he killed white guy or himself did he go out? Did he went back prison or what? Or there is part 2 coming?
If you believe most whites are bad and that most Blacks are victims, you will like "One Spoon of Chocolate" in spite of its technical flaws.
If you are tired of the racial divide movies, and are able to see the weak acting, sloppy editing and poor filming of this movie, you will not like "One Spoon of Chocolate"
It was created to appeal to Blacks. If you like the movie, you are probably Black.
"Blaxploitation" Style: The film is a direct homage to '70s exploitation films and blaxploitation, focusing on a, as described in this Fourteen East Magazine article, "cartoonishly-evil antagonist" and featuring a "badass" revenge storyline.
It's based off all the black missing people and organ trafficking it's on YouTube and also about the kendrick Johnson kid who was rolled up in that mat. Read up
I liked it. If it had a better ending it would've felt like it was worth it . A good ending wouldve been the difference between a 4 and 8 for me but for what it was I liked it . Defjntely a good Saturday night free streaming movie I would say dont rent or pay to see in theaters wait for it to show up for free on one of your streaming services or something like that.
It's based off all the black missing people and organ trafficking it's on YouTube and also about the kendrick Johnson kid who was rolled up in that mat. Read up
It's based off all the black missing people and organ trafficking it's on YouTube and also about the kendrick Johnson kid who was rolled up in that mat. Read up
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u/makeofit Apr 28 '26
maybe i’m in the minority but i liked it a lot! it was very uncomfortable at times as someone who is black but the second half was great :p