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Sep 29, 2016
83
It’s a sober account of police militarization in the 21st century that, no matter one’s stance on the matter, makes a brutal statement.
Oct 1, 2016
83
If Atkinson’s presentation is just a hair above “competent,” it does the job of exposing the corroded heart of American policing.
Sep 29, 2016
80
An assured doc debut that knows how to stand out in a crowded field, Craig Atkinson's Do Not Resist avoids the handwringing format of other (very welcome) examinations of 21st-century American policing, offering instead something like a despairing tone poem.
Oct 5, 2016
80
It’s not groundbreaking cinema, but Do Not Resist effectively begins (and furthers) this ongoing conversation about the escalating police state, racial profiling, and beyond.
Sep 25, 2016
75
Director Craig Atkinson's documentary explicates its points with blunt but persuasive efficiency.
Sep 30, 2016
75
A furious and often terrifying documentary about the militarization of US police.
Oct 13, 2016
75
Even without the guidance of narration or a single story arc, it becomes clearer and clearer that the war on terror has unwittingly spawned another war: between police officers trained to fight like soldiers and the people they’ve sworn to protect.
Sep 29, 2016
70
The doc is stylistically uninspiring, with a tedious threatening sound design, but the powerful subject matter largely overcomes such missteps.
Oct 13, 2016
70
The parameters of homeland security are chillingly assessed in Do Not Resist, a troubling documentary examining the escalating militarization of the nation’s police forces.