Do The Right Thing (20th Anniversary. Edition) DVD Review
SoHood.com Reviewed by: Lily Lee
Movie Rating:  4.5 out of 5
Extras Rating: 5 out of 5

On a sweltering hot day in a Brooklyn neighborhood, everyone has their own issues to deal with and tensions between Blacks and Italians rise. Issues of pride and prejudice, justice and inequity come to the surface as hate and bigotry smoulder–finally building into a crescendo as it explodes into violence.

It’s true what they say, you know, this is the best movie dealing with racism. Spike Lee actually acted very well in this (compared to his other films where he’s not that good) as did everyone else. Danny Aiello was great. It’s very enjoyable and what an excellent climax to end it. The characters all have excellent motives. You see movies all the times where they just put a bunch of people together and it really doesn’t work out.

There’s no character development whatsoever but in Do The Right Thing we know how every single person acts and what they really want. Some just want to go get on with their daily routine and others want to stand up for what they believe in. The performances are great especially from the late Ossie Davis and his wife Ruby Dee, Rosie Perez is sexy and the cast is dynamite along with the summer anthem “Fight the Power” by Public Enemy which is pulsated throughout the movie whether in the beginning of the film or by Radio Raheem’s boombox.