Lakeview Terrace

Fuck Lakeview Terrace. I mean it. I really mean it. I try to be unbiased in reviewing shit but this piece of Lifetime Channel bullshit can kiss my ass. For real, you will see this shit on either the Lifetime or Oxygen channel in the next year or so. Just in case one of you mutha fuckas has lost your balls and your wife/girlfriend/jumpoff is dragging you to the movies to see this shit, I will TRY not to spoil it too much.

This was a bullshit, done to death plot with nothing more than a "black twist" of characters to push the "poor white victim" mentality onto the masses so white folks can cheer for "the white man". Samuel plays a cop who is probably a bit on the obsessive compulsive side who takes a disdain towards his new neighbors and decides to press it and the whole thing blows out of proportion. The scenario is bullshit even though its plausible. Samuel's character isn't necessarily a bad cop, although he gets in some trouble. He roughs up a suspect that shot at him twice (which we all know is grounds for "lead poisoning" with the LAPD) while giving him a speech on being a responsible father. It was just a punch to the ribs and a threat. Don't worry, that doesn't play heavily into the movie's plot so its not that big of a spoiler.

They try to be politically correct with this shit because they build a slight case in favor of Samuel by the shit that goes wrong in his life. STILL, they eventually make it a clearer case against him when they pump up the aggression. Kerry Washington annoyed the shit out of me in this. Her character is stereotypical of a sista who dates white boys, complete with the over-accentuating of words to sound as "proper" as possible. (It fits because she actually talks like that) Ron Glass was an "uppity negroe" and seemed to be the black equivalent of the typical rich white dude in the movies. He plays Kerry's father who doesn't approve of her and Chris being together. Patrick Wilson, who plays Chris, has one character flaw, which is really more of a fear than a flaw. Other than that, he's the typical white guy who gets shit from the "niggas" for being with a sista.
Whateva. Fuck outta here, cracka.
Anyway, Samuel is basically a bully with a badge who fucks with them. He's also a stern father over his two children who live with him.
They at least made an attempt to make Abel (Samuel) three-dimensional but he was still technically the "bad guy".

I won't even start on the subliminals in this movie. All I can say is that I wouldn't spend two cents on this shit. Hollywood can take this propaganda bullshit and shove it up their ass. Fuckin' devils. If the cop had been white and the couple had been BM/WF, Hollywood wouldn't have made this movie. Hollywood rarely makes a BM/WF interracial couple have any substance to them. They are always either young teens or troubled or one one of them gets killed before the movie is over.
Y'all can go see this shit if you want to but I wouldn't fuck with it again. I suspect that "Towelhead", which also deals a little bit with the subject of interracial relationships (black and arab) and racism is probably a much better choice of movies.
Its hella movies droppin' this weekend; The Dutchess, Blindness, Appaloosa, Igor, My Best Friend's Girl, Ghost Town...my money is on the Western - Appaloosa. Lately, Hollywood has been trying to make some decent westerns. Don't waste your money on this Lakeview Terrace shit. Wait for it to come on Lifetime.