“Naked Singularity” (*** out of four) was a stirring melodrama about an idealistic NYC public defender (John Boyega) who becomes burned out by the criminal justice system of which he is a part of and facing his own disbarrment and disgusted by the leniencies of the criminals he represents getting off- decides to become a criminal himself and team up with one of his clients (Olivia Cooke) and co-workers (Bill Skarsgard) to rob a multi-million dollar drug-dealer. Sharp and incisive script is laced with satirical wit about what a joke our NY justice system has become although story contrivances and plot holes start to weaken the film in its second half. Boyega is winning as usual in the lead and keeps film sturdily on track and Cooke is also in strong form.

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