Here's the thing from my non-USA POV:
This particular movie comes out in Black Month [with all the Political things associated to it]
Is directed by a black guy which, by it self, it means nothing. Art knows no color. But in conjunction with the all black cast and the message of the movie, it sounds like a "hey, we black, only we do this", which may rub people in the wrong way [not me, cause I have no stakes in it].
The message of the movie [if what the early black youtubers said is true] is "we are blacks, we should hang together because the world is evil"
The Director himself stated in one of the many Youtube interviews that "build bridges not Walls" [a part of the message of the movie] is an African saying... which I most sincerely doubt. I did study African principles of Philosophy [one of my favorites is the Macua tribe ideals], and there's no such saying to be seen nor heard of.
Meanwhile, outside the movie itself you have a plethora of USA black people using the movie as a political motif [even Snoop Dog makes a "review" of the trailer]
So it is quite logical to take all the positives with a grain of salt, specially from Critics who, themselves, have shown to be PC based previously [such examples: Wonder Woman and Ghost Busters]
This doesn't mean the movie isn't good, or that there isn't something in it for everyone. But I doubt it was done and released innocently and free of political ideas.
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