'Moses the Black' Review: Flawed Exploration of Faith and Vengeance in Chicago's Ganglands

A paroled Chicago gangster hellbent on vengeance has a religious awakening as the body count rises in Moses the Black. Themes of retribution versus compassion and penance are clumsily handled in a poorly edited film with one-note performances, scant surprises, and a bizarre flashback structure. That said, writer-director Yelena Popovic does accurately capture certain elements of urban gang culture that always lead to escalating violence. Her portrayal of social media as an instigator that fans the flames of criminality and murder isn’t fiction, but a cruel reality that decimates impoverished Black communities.

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