Synopsis
A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.
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Cast
- Teyonah ParrisLysistrata
- Nick CannonDemetrius 'Chi-Raq' Dupree
- Wesley SnipesSean 'Cyclops' Andrews
- Angela BassettMiss Helen Worthy
- Samuel L. JacksonDolmedes
- John CusackFr. Mike Corridan
- Jennifer HudsonIrene
- David Patrick KellyGeneral King Kong
- D.B. SweeneyMayor McCloud
- Dave ChappelleMorris
Recommendations
- 100
The Guardian
While formally quite different from his more universally-respected early work, Chi-Raq has the exuberance and wit you’ll find in Do The Right Thing and Crooklyn. It’s the best film he’s made in a very long time. - 100
Village Voice
Chi-Raq is a marvel. It's Lee resurrecting his voice — angry, impassioned, and funny as hell — right when we need to hear it. - 100
The Guardian
While formally quite different from his more universally-respected early work, Chi-Raq has the exuberance and wit you’ll find in Do The Right Thing and Crooklyn. It’s the best film he’s made in a very long time. - 100
Village Voice
Chi-Raq is a marvel. It's Lee resurrecting his voice — angry, impassioned, and funny as hell — right when we need to hear it. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
It’s a shattering, thunderous wake-up alarm, a call to lay down arms, a gutsy social satire and a highly stylized work of fiction that sometimes feels as accurate and sobering as the crime reporting you see on the front page of this newspaper. - 88
Slant Magazine
A Spike Lee joint in the urgent sociopolitical register of Radio Raheem's boombox—a call to arms that's also a call to disarm. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
It’s a shattering, thunderous wake-up alarm, a call to lay down arms, a gutsy social satire and a highly stylized work of fiction that sometimes feels as accurate and sobering as the crime reporting you see on the front page of this newspaper. - 88
Slant Magazine
A Spike Lee joint in the urgent sociopolitical register of Radio Raheem's boombox—a call to arms that's also a call to disarm.
