Detroit is either going to burn some synaptic paths with its greatness and poignancy or flop terribly.
Either way, Kathryn Bigelow's work is often largely ignored despite the high end casting and excellent story and terrific directing. Strange Days should have had a lot of awards and it's even still topical.
Hurt Locker, one critic recall saying, was hard to watch and harder to look away from.
I agree with you, though. Can it do the topic justice?