The movie was entertaining, but became frustratingly unrealistic in the last half hour. I won't tell you exactly what happened but I was yelling why don't they do this or that, or you have got to be kidding me for almost the entire last half hour. Especially the ending where the victims are located in a place where there was no chance they could have had access to, but they are still spotted immediately by their rescuers. I believe you should suspend disbelief to a point when watching a movie, but the movie makers also have a responsibility to keep things within the realm of possibility.I am a professional firefighter so I understand that in a crisis a lot of people do stupid things and use bad tactics when facing life threatening challenges. But to me it would be more entertaining to see people who are using good judgment and not freaking out.

This movie turned out perfect. It had the rich point of view of an indie film, while it had a perfect cast and Hollywood standard of high quality footage. The characters are very believable in this movie, and the brilliant scenes were creating a great atmosphere of a Brooklyn block house and its surrounding. The streets were very alive and I haven't gotten bored for a single moment while watching this movie.Girls in the flick are beautiful and some even little 'hoochie', which makes them even more hot. Zoe Saldana, the beauty of Dominican origin and Susan Watson really shined in this movie. Also not well known Khalida Outlaw was great and Sara Pickett was a great discovery, which will hopefully be seen a lot in the future.The story is believed to be based on true characters and events. I don't want to spoil anything, but I can surely tell the movie graduates into very realistic drama events. There were comments like the whole building up characters gets them nowhere in the plot. That's absolutely not true. Each characters have a set of very own approach and perception of the reality that's going on. I recommend this film to anyone, and I'm rating it 8.

Blackout is a movie about the blackout in New York that happened a couple of years ago. The movie provides a realistic image of what happened during the blackout and what could happen if you ever encounter a blackout in a similar neighborhood. The only reason why the viewer rating is not 8+ is because most people expect another violent gangster movie and it isn't. Watch this if you feel like watching New York reality-TV. The camera-views are good, the acting is very good and the sound is fine. The sound/music could use some tweaking here and there but it's not going to change the way you experience the movie.Everyone should watch this movie. Even if the topic doesn't interest you, the movie will have an effect on you and how you will react if similar problems occur in your life.

The movie was very good. I liked it. I missed out on the Tribeca screening but was able to make the urban world screening. My favorite part was when one couple was having a talk about how did one got home when there was a black out and the guy just got bagged for for not telling the truth. I wont get into detail because I don't want to give it away. The movie director was def. inspired by spike lee, you can catch a scene or two of "do the right thing" It was one part or two in the movie that i thought was a little over done but thats just an opinion. The after party of the screening was nice. a lot of people showed up. Vibe magazine was taking pictures, people was having fun.thank you Judith.