2021 Special // Judas and the Black Messiah

Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 1 p.m.

In our first movie review of a 2021 release, our anonymous co-host smokes some meats and we watch the highly anticipated film, Judas and the Black Messiah. Lakeith Stanfield and Daniel Kaluuya star in this story based on true events around the Chairman of the Chicago chapter of the Black Panther Party, Fred Hampton, and the FBI informant, Bill O'Neal.

This movie was directed by Shaka King

GD4AM: 76/100

IMDb: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 86/100

RT: 96%

Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panther Party per FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Party Chairman Fred Hampton ascends, falling for a fellow revolutionary en route, a battle wages for O'Neal's soul.

Currently available on HBOMAX until March 14th.