Late last night on Netflix, I finally saw the film “Fruitvale Station”. A film based on the killing of Oscar Grant which was caused by police brutality at a train station in California at the Fruitvale BART station.

The film was an interesting concept. It had an interesting idea but the casting and the writing could have been better, though. I didn’t like Michael B. Jordan as Oscar and wish they could have picked a better actor. Plus the film tried so hard to be dramatic and “sad”. As the movie got going, you immediately know that the film was gonna get “sad” at the end so the film was too predictable for the most part. Even if the film was a short 1 hr. and a half, a lot of scenes dragged on too long.

While I do think Ryan Coogler the writer/director nailed the train station scene perfectly, it could have been more dramatic and more powerful. I still didn’t feel anything during that scene.

With that being said, I did like the movie… it could have been better. It does make me want to look into the Oscar Grant story more and I just started googling him after seeing the movie. Watching the real life videos in youtube as you see below.

Netflix just made this movie streamable so if you subscribe to Netflix yourself, this movie is still worth a look. Check it out!

Kev