That said,as a film is a mostly successful horror show of police brutality and civil unrest which unfortunately proved to be nowhere near as affecting or emotionally satisfying as the homegrown, a film I will eagerly recommend over this Hollywood outsider’s take on the events that nearly completely destroyed the city. For one thing, the film was largely shot in Boston, Massachusetts with one or two scenes shot in Detroit itself and residents as well as journalists from the area rightfully complained about the filmmakers’ failing to contact those who lived through the event themselves. In other words, Bigelow and her team of Hollywood players made this entirely on their own which can make for incisive cinema while also running the risk of viewers quick to point out inaccuracies or fictionalization. It doesn’t help that an intertitle near the end credits inform the viewer certain events surrounding the Algiers Motel were fictionalized for dramatic effect.