“The Hunt,” which was about a group of gun-toting elites who killed “deplorables” for sport. I hated every minute of “The Hunt,” which had all the life and soul of a crowbar, but “Antebellum” corrects many of the former flick’s unfortunate flaws.The performances, led by a captivating Monáe, are wholly committed, rather than smugly self-aware.
Although the movie has pockets of lightness, it doesn’t make a shabby attempt at full-blown satire instead of drama. And, most importantly, the film doesn’t act smarter than it is.(There will be spoilers aplenty, so stop reading if you can’t handle that.)The movie starts with a tough sequence of a foiled slave escape from a southern plantation.
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